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REGULATION 21 decided that no anti-doping rule violation was committed, for the purposes of triggering the appeal rights set out at Regulation 21.13 (in particular Regulation 21.13.2). 21.5.6.30 A Player alleged to have committed an anti-doping rule violation under Regulation 21.2.4 (Whereabouts Failures) shall have the right to have such allegation determined by a Judicial Committee in accordance with Regulation 21.8.2. The Judicial Committee shall not be bound by any determination made during the results management process, whether as to the adequacy of any explanation offered for a Whereabouts Failure or otherwise. Instead, the burden shall be on World Rugby to establish all of the requisite elements of each alleged Whereabouts Failure. (a) The Judicial Committee shall consider whether or not a Provisional Suspension should be imposed on the Player pending the outcome of proceedings, in accordance with Regulation 21.7.9. (b) If the Judicial Committee decides that one (or two) alleged Whereabouts Failures have been established to the required standard, but that the other alleged Whereabouts Failure(s) has/have not, then no anti-doping rule violation shall be found to have occurred. However, if the Player then commits one (or, as applicable, two) further Whereabouts Failures within the relevant 12- month period, new proceedings may be brought based on a combination of the Whereabouts Failure(s) established to the satisfaction of the Judicial Committee in the previous proceedings (in accordance with Regulation 21.3.24) and the Whereabouts Failure(s) subsequently committed by the Player. (c) A finding that a Player has committed an anti-doping rule violation under Regulation 21.2.4 (Whereabouts Failures) shall have the applicable consequences as outlined in Regulation 21.10. (d) The impact of any Regulation 21.2.4 (Whereabouts Failures) antidoping rule violation by an individual Player on the results of any Team for which that Player has played during the relevant period shall be determined in accordance with Regulation 21.11. 21.5.7 Retired and Suspended Players 21.5.7.1 A Player in World Rugby’s Registered Testing Pool who has given notice of retirement to World Rugby may not resume competing in International Events or National Events until he has given World Rugby via his Union written notice of his intent to resume competing and has made himself available for Testing for a period of six months before returning to Competition, including (if requested) complying with the whereabouts requirements of Regulation 21.5.6 and Annex I to the International Standard for Testing and Investigations. WADA, in consultation with World Rugby and the Player's National Anti-Doping Organisation, may grant an exemption to the six-month written notice rule where the strict application of that rule would be manifestly unfair to a Player. This decision may be appealed under Regulation 21.13. Any competitive Last update: 14 January, 2015 348


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