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REGULATION 18 18.3.2 Members of the Panel shall include the following: (a) Senior legal practitioners with previous experience of judicial proceedings in rugby. Such legal practitioners shall be appointed to sit as Chairmen of Appeal Committees. (b) Eminent rugby administrators, rugby players, coaches and officials with previous experience of judicial proceedings in rugby. (c) Such other individuals as the Council may consider appropriate. 18.3.3 The functions of Appeal Committees shall be to hear and decide appeals from decisions made by Judicial Officers or Judicial Committees. The Chairman of the Appeal Panel shall appoint Appeal Committees from Appeal Panel members to hear such appeals. 18.3.4 Members of the Appeal Panel shall be appointed for a period of up to two years, following which they shall, unless re-appointed by the Council, automatically cease to be a member of the Appeal Panel. The Council may, at its discretion, remove any member of the Appeal Panel, at any time. The decision of the Council shall be final and binding. 18.3.5 When an Appeal Committee is appointed to adjudicate on a case it shall, ordinarily, be made up of three members of the Appeal Panel, one of whom shall be nominated to act as Chairman of the Appeal Committee. The Chairman of the Appeal Panel shall be entitled, however, at his discretion to appoint Appeal Committees of such number as he considers appropriate, up to a maximum of 5 and a minimum of 2. 18.3.6 If a member of an Appeal Committee having been appointed to deal with a case, is unable or unwilling to adjudicate then the Appeal Panel Chairman may: (1) appoint another member of the Appeal Panel as a replacement; or (2) appoint a new Appeal Committee; or (3) allow the remaining Appeal Committee members to proceed and adjudicate on the appeal. 18.3.7 The Chairman of the Appeal Panel shall have the power, exercisable in his discretion, to co-opt from time to time additional persons with specialist skills and experience to sit as Appeal Committee Members to deal with cases that require such specialist skills and experience whether such persons are members of the Appeals Panel or not. 18.4 Procedures Relating to a Breach of the Regulations or Bye-Laws, or Offences under Regulation 18.1.1(a) to (e) 18.4.1 A Union or Association must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, investigate each and every alleged breach of the Regulations occurring or committed within or relating to its jurisdiction and of which it has knowledge. Following such investigation, it shall take such action as is appropriate and thereafter report its decision and the procedures adopted to the CEO in writing within 28 days of its decision. The CEO shall submit the report to the Council. Last update: 14 January, 2015 281


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