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REGULATION 21 (e) If it appears, upon such review, that the requirements of Regulation 21.5.6.18 have not been met, then the alleged Filing Failure shall not be treated as a Whereabouts Failure for any purpose; (f) If the Player does not request an administrative review of the alleged Filing Failure by the relevant deadline, or if the administrative review leads to the conclusion that all of the requirements of Regulation 21.5.6.18 have been met, then World Rugby shall record an alleged Filing Failure against the Player and shall notify the Player and/or his Union and (on a confidential basis) WADA and all other relevant Anti-Doping Organisations of that alleged Filing Failure and the date of its occurrence. 21.5.6.27 Results Management for Missed Tests (a) The DCO shall file an Unsuccessful Attempt Report with World Rugby or its nominee (or NADO as the case may be), setting out the details of the attempted Sample collection, including the exact date and time of the attempt, the names of all the location(s) visited, the exact arrival and departure times at each of the location(s), the step(s) taken at the location(s) to try to find the Player, including details of any contact made with third parties (including their names, positions, relationship to the Player, information on the possible location of the Player if the Player is not present at the nominated residence or location and contact details), and any other relevant details about the attempted Sample collection. (b) If it appears that all of the Regulation 21.5.6.23 or 21.5.6.24 requirements (depending upon which testing pool the Player belongs to) relating to Missed Tests are satisfied, then ordinarily no later than 14 days after the date of the Unsuccessful Attempt Report being received by World Rugby, World Rugby must send notice to the Player via his Union of the unsuccessful attempt, inviting a response within 14 days of receipt of the notice. The Unsuccessful Attempt Report shall be provided to the Player at this point. In the notice, World Rugby should warn the Player: (i) That unless the Player persuades World Rugby that there has not been any Missed Test, then (subject to the remainder of the results management process set out below) an alleged Missed Test will be recorded against the Player; (ii) (If applicable) that there are other Whereabouts Failures that have been alleged against him in the 12-month period prior to this alleged Whereabouts Failure; and (iii) Of the consequences to the Player if the designee of World Rugby or a Judicial Officer or Judicial Committee in the case of a third Whereabouts Failure upholds the alleged Missed Test. (c) Where the Player disputes the apparent Missed Test, World Rugby must re-assess whether all of the requirements in Regulation Last update: 14 January, 2015 345


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