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REGULATION 21 Testing and Investigations shall apply automatically in respect of all such Testing. 21.5.1.2 Investigations shall be undertaken: 21.5.1.2.1 in relation to Atypical Findings, Atypical Passport Findings and Adverse Passport Findings, in accordance with Regulation 21.7.4 and 21.7.5 respectively, gathering intelligence or evidence (including, in particular, analytical evidence) in order to determine whether an anti-doping rule violation has occurred under Regulation 21.2.1 (Presence and/or 21.2.2 (Use or Attempted Use); and 21.5.1.2.2 in relation to other indications of potential anti-doping rule violations, in accordance with Regulation 21.7.6 and 21.7.7, gathering intelligence or evidence (including, in particular, non-analytical evidence) in order to determine whether an anti-doping rule violation has occurred under any of Regulation 21.2.2 (Use or Attempted Use) to 21.2.10 (Prohibited Association). 21.5.1.3 World Rugby may obtain, assess and process anti-doping intelligence from all available sources, to inform the development of an effective, intelligent and proportionate test distribution plan, to plan Target Testing, and/or to form the basis of an investigation into a possible anti-doping rule violation(s). 21.5.2 Authority to conduct Testing 21.5.2.1 Subject to the jurisdictional limitations for Event Testing set out in Article 5.3 of the Code, World Rugby shall have In-Competition and Out-of- Competition Testing authority over all of the Players specified in the Introduction to these Anti-Doping Rules at point iii "Scope of these Anti- Doping Rules". 21.5.2.2 World Rugby may require any Player over whom it has Testing authority (including any Player serving a period of Ineligibility) to provide a Sample at any time and at any place. Doping Control may be random or targeted and all Players shall submit to Doping Control at any time and any place whenever requested by an authorised official. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes both In Competition and Out of Competition Doping Control. Out of Competition Doping Control shall be undertaken with or without prior notice (No Advance Notice). A Player may be selected to provide any number of Samples for Doping Control in any calendar year. World Rugby, and/or Unions shall be entitled to undertake Target Testing of Players. See Comment 19 21.5.2.3 WADA shall have In-Competition and Out-of-Competition Testing authority as set out in Article 20.7.8 of the Code. 21.5.2.4 World Rugby, the Union or Tournament Organiser (as the case may be) may appoint a doping control / governmental agency, NADO or any other third party that they deem suitable to collect Samples as part of Doping Control. Last update: 14 January, 2015 326


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