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REGULATION 21 21.10.12.3 Violation of the Prohibition of Participation During Ineligibility Where a Player or other Person who has been declared Ineligible violates the prohibition against participation during Ineligibility described in Regulation 21.10.12.1, the results of such participation shall be Disqualified and a new period of Ineligibility equal in length up to the original period of Ineligibility shall be added to the end of the original period of Ineligibility. The new period of Ineligibility may be adjusted based on the Player or other Person’s degree of Fault and other circumstances of the case. The determination of whether a Player or other Person has violated the prohibition against participation, and whether an adjustment is appropriate, shall be made by World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable). This decision may be appealed under Regulation 21.13. Where a Player Support Person or other Person assists a Person in violating the prohibition against participation during Ineligibility, World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable) shall impose sanctions for a violation of Regulation 21.2.9 (Complicity) for such assistance. 21.10.12.4 Withholding of Financial Support during Ineligibility In addition, for any anti-doping rule violation not involving a reduced sanction as described in Regulation 21.10.4 or Regulation 21.10.5, some or all sport-related financial support or other sport-related benefits received by such Person will be withheld by World Rugby and its Associations and Member Unions. 21.10.13 Automatic Publication of Sanction A mandatory part of each sanction shall include automatic publication, as provided in Regulation 21.14.3. See Comment 41 21.11 CONSEQUENCES TO TEAMS 21.11.1 Testing of Team Sports Where more than one Member of a Team in a Team Sport has been notified of an anti-doping rule violation under Regulation 21.7 in connection with an Event, the ruling body for the Event shall conduct appropriate Target Testing of the team during the Event Period. 21.11.2 Consequences for Team Sports If more than two Members of a Team in a Team Sport are found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation during an Event Period, the ruling body of the Event shall impose an appropriate sanction on the team (e.g., loss of points, Disqualification from a Competition or Event, or other sanction) in addition to any Consequences imposed upon the individual Members of a Team committing the anti-doping rule violation. Last update: 14 January, 2015 374


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