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REGULATION 21 21.5.5.3 The nature of Out of Competition Doping Control makes it desirable that no prior warning is given to the Player being tested. When an Out of Competition Doping Control is undertaken reasonable efforts will be made to avoid interruption to a Player’s training, however, neither World Rugby, the Unions, or its or their designees, shall be liable for any inconvenience or loss resulting from Out of Competition Doping Control whether on a No Advance Notice basis or otherwise. 21.5.5.4 It is the duty of each Union to assist World Rugby and, where applicable, other Unions in undertaking Doping Controls. Any Union preventing, hindering or otherwise obstructing the carrying out of such Doping Control shall be subject to disciplinary action by World Rugby. Any Rugby Body or Club that prevents, hinders or otherwise obstructs the carrying out of any Doping Control shall be subject to disciplinary action by its Union. 21.5.5.5 Without prejudice to the requirement on Unions to notify all anti-doping rule violations in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 21.7.12.3 and 21.7.12.4 each Union must submit to World Rugby every 12 months and/or when requested by World Rugby a report of all Doping Controls undertaken and a summary of the results of those Doping Controls. 21.5.5.6 Each Union is responsible for ensuring in relation to its own anti-doping programme and the implementation of these Anti-Doping Rules that any and all applicable data regulation clearances and medical confidentiality clearances and consents relating to, without limitation, disclosure and distribution of whereabouts information, analysis results, medical information and findings and decisions of hearings are obtained for the benefit of and use by the Union, World Rugby, NADO and WADA. 21.5.5.7 Where reasonably feasible, Testing shall be coordinated through ADAMS or another system approved by WADA in order to maximise the effectiveness of the combined Testing effort and to avoid unnecessary repetitive Testing. 21.5.6 Player Whereabouts for Out of Competition Testing 21.5.6.1 World Rugby will establish an Out of Competition Testing programme based on the ranking of Unions that participate in World Rugby Tournaments (this may include but not be limited to Rugby World Cup, qualifying Tournaments for the Olympic Games, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Women’s Rugby World Cup and World Rugby Championships) and select a number of Players who are eligible for inclusion per Union. World Rugby shall develop a global whereabouts policy for the Game which shall be applied consistently across all Unions and Players involved in World Rugby’s Out of Competition Testing programme. World Rugby will also establish criteria for Players to be placed into a Registered Testing Pool and Testing Pool who are subject to the provision of Player whereabouts information for the purpose of No Advance Notice Out of Competition Testing. Players in the Registered Testing Pool will be required to comply with the whereabouts requirements of Annex I to the International Standard for Testing and Investigations. World Rugby shall make available through ADAMS, a list which identifies those Players included in its Registered Testing Pool either by name or by clearly Last update: 14 January, 2015 330


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