APPENDIX 1 REGULATION 18 4.8 The Chairman of the Appeal Committee and the Appeal Officer shall be entitled to determine pre-hearing procedural and/or evidential matters. Such matters may include: (a) a pre-hearing conference convened for the purposes of giving directions for the hearing and clarification of the procedures; and/or (b) the requirement for any person to attend the hearing as a witness. For the purposes of pre-hearing case management the Chairman of the Appeal Committee may exercise this function without reference to the other Appeal Committee members. 4.9 The Appeal Committee or Appeal Officer shall set a time, date and place for the hearing of the appeal which shall be notified by Rugby World, Host Union or Tournament Organiser to the Appellant(s) who has lodged the appeal. 4.10 Where a Player is suspended, provisionally suspended or had other sanctions imposed, such suspension and/or sanction shall remain in place pending the outcome of an Appeal. 4.11 If a Member of the Appeal Committee or Appeal Officer is unable or unwilling, for whatever reason, to hear the appeal, then World Rugby, Host Union or Tournament Organiser through an independent process may, at its absolute discretion: (a) appoint a replacement; or (b) appoint a new Appeal Committee or new Appeal Officer; or (c) allow the remaining members of the Appeal Committee to hear the appeal. 4.12 Appeal Committees and Appeal Officers shall: (a) have the power to direct that World Rugby, Union or Tournament Organiser be represented. If so, World Rugby, Union or Tournament Organiser shall be represented by a designated disciplinary officer (or his nominee) and may appear by counsel at the hearing of the appeal in such capacity as the Appeal Committee or Appeal Officer requires, to assist it/him in the discharge of its/his duties; (b) may permit such other persons to be present at the hearing of the appeal as they see fit; (c) in any case where a witness has been required to attend and refuses and/or fails to attend the hearing, the Appeal Committee or Appeal Officer may decide whether or not to allow the evidence of that witness to be given in any other form; (d) be entitled to determine whether witnesses that give evidence are entitled to remain within the room in which the appeal is being heard after their evidence has been given; and Last update: 14 January, 2015 294
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