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REGULATION 21 21.7.9.4 A Player or other Person subject to a Provisional Suspension shall be provided the opportunity for an expedited final hearing in accordance with Regulation 21.8 on a timely basis. 21.7.9.5 If a Provisional Suspension is imposed based on an A Sample Adverse Analytical Finding and subsequent analysis of the B Sample does not confirm the A Sample analysis, then the Player shall not be subject to any further Provisional Suspension on account of a violation of Regulation 21.2.1 (Presence). In circumstances where the Player (or the Player's team) has been removed from a Competition based on a violation of Regulation 21.2.1 (Presence) and the subsequent B Sample analysis does not confirm the A Sample finding, then if it is still possible for the Player or team to be reinserted, without otherwise affecting the Competition, the Player or team may continue to take part in the Competition. In addition, the Player or team may thereafter take part in other Competitions in the same Event. 21.7.9.6 In any case where a Player or other Person has been notified of an antidoping rule violation but a Provisional Suspension has not been imposed on him, the Player or other Person shall be offered the opportunity to accept a Provisional Suspension voluntarily pending the resolution of the matter. See Comment 24 21.7.10 Resolution Without a Hearing 21.7.10.1 A Player or other Person against whom an anti-doping rule violation is asserted may admit that violation at any time, waive a hearing and/or accept the Consequences that are mandated by these Anti-Doping Rules or (where some discretion as to Consequences exists under these Anti-Doping Rules) that have been or are asserted by World Rugby. The chairman of the Judicial Panel (appointed pursuant to Regulation 18) may appoint either a legal member of the Anti-Doping Judicial Panel set out in Regulation 21.8.2 or a Judicial Committee to review the matter on the papers and impose the Consequences as appropriate. Where the Player or other Person waives his right to a hearing but wishes to make submissions in relation to sanction he shall have seven days in which to make such submissions in writing. In any case World Rugby shall be entitled to make submissions in writing to the Judicial Officer or Judicial Committee as applicable. 21.7.10.2 If the Player or other Person against whom an anti-doping rule violation is asserted fails to dispute that assertion within 14 days of the notice sent by World Rugby, then he shall be deemed to have admitted the violation and to have waived his right to an oral hearing. In such case the Player or other Person shall have seven days in which to make submissions in writing in relation to the sanctions to be applied. In the absence of a response the chairman of the Judicial Panel (appointed pursuant to Regulation 18) may appoint either a legal member of the Anti-Doping Judicial Panel set out in Regulation 21.8.2 or a Judicial Committee to review the matter on the papers and impose the Consequences as appropriate. World Rugby shall Last update: 14 January, 2015 357


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