REGULATION 18 (c) disciplinary matters arising out of Foul Play and/or Misconduct (Regulation 17 and Regulation 20); and (d) such other matters as the Council, Chairman of the Judicial Panel or CEO may from time to time refer to a Judicial Officer or Judicial Committee for adjudication. 18.2.2 Members of the Judicial Panel shall be appointed for a period of up to two years, following which they shall, unless re-appointed by the Council, automatically cease to be a member of the Judicial Panel. The Council may, at its discretion, remove any member of the Judicial Panel, at any time. The decision of the Council shall be final and binding. 18.2.3 Council members appointed as members of the Judicial Panel shall not cease to be members of the Judicial Panel if, during the period of appointment as a Judicial Panel member, they cease to be a member of the Council. 18.2.4 When a Judicial Committee is appointed to adjudicate on a case it shall, ordinarily, be made up of three members of the Judicial Panel, one of whom shall be nominated to act as Chairman of the Committee. The Chairman of the Judicial Panel shall, however, in any case, be entitled, at his discretion, to appoint a Judicial Committee of such number as he considers appropriate, up to a maximum of 5 and a minimum of 2. 18.2.5 Judicial Officers or Judicial Committee members shall not have had any personal involvement with any case referred to them for adjudication or any connection with any of the parties involved in such matter. 18.2.6 If a Judicial Officer or member of a Judicial Committee having been appointed to deal with a case is unable or unwilling to adjudicate then the Judicial Panel Chairman may; (1) appoint another member of the Judicial Panel as a replacement; or (2) appoint a new Judicial Committee; or (3) allow the remaining Judicial Committee members to proceed and adjudicate on the case. 18.2.7 The Chairman of the Judicial Panel shall have the power, exercisable in his discretion, to co-opt from time to time additional persons with specialist skills and experience to sit as Judicial Officers and/or as members of a Judicial Committee to deal with cases that require such specialist skills and experience whether such persons are members of the Judicial Panel or not. 18.3 The Appointment and Functions of Appeal Committees 18.3.1 The Council shall appoint a panel of individuals of such number as the Council thinks fit (“the Appeal Panel”), each of whom shall be eligible to sit as members of Appeal Committees. The Council shall appoint a Chairman of the Appeal Panel. Members of the Appeal Panel shall not be current members of the Council or any other World Rugby standing committee. Last update: 14 January, 2015 280
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