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REGULATION 21 sports resolution body sitting as a post-hearing review body) in accordance with Regulation 21.29.1; and (ii) Such body shall recognise the remit of World Rugby to review every appeal decision of the Union and/or the national sports resolution body acting on behalf of the Union and as appropriate to accept the appeal decision of such body and/or the Union or refer the appeal decision for consideration to CAS. 21.7.14 Notification by Unions, Associations and Tournament Organisers 21.7.14.1 When a Union, Association or Tournament Organiser (as the case may be) receives an Adverse Analytical Finding or where a Union, Association or Tournament Organiser believes, or becomes aware, that an anti-doping rule violation may have been committed, that Union, Association or Tournament Organiser must notify the Anti-Doping Manager - Results and Compliance of World Rugby immediately. The Anti-Doping Manager (or his designee) shall be entitled to receive from a Union, Association or Tournament Organiser such additional information, as he may consider necessary in relation to any alleged anti-doping rule violation. In any event, the Anti-Doping Manager (or his designee) is entitled to receive from and shall be provided with a full report of all hearings including (without limitation) the written decision of the hearing body(ies) of the relevant Union, Association or Tournament Organiser and/or national sports resolution body appointed by the Union (as the case may be) incorporating the reasoning behind the findings and decisions in respect of anti-doping rule violations as soon as practicable and in any event within 72 hours of a final written decision having been made. 21.7.14.2 Subject to Regulations 21.5.3.5 and 21.5.3.6 where the conduct of a Doping Control results in an Adverse Analytical Finding or other antidoping rule violation (involving a Player and/or other Person) or where an anti-doping rule violation arises other than through the conduct of a Doping Control in respect of a Player who is not a member of the Union that conducted or was responsible for arranging the Doping Control, then that Union or Association that had jurisdiction over the Player and/or other Person (as the case may be) at the time the test was conducted or investigation into the alleged anti-doping rule violation commenced shall report the results of such Doping Controls to the Union or Association that normally exercises jurisdiction over such Player and/or Person (as the case may be) and to World Rugby. 21.7.14.3 The Player or other Person may elect to have his own Union (being the Union for which he was playing at the time the test was conducted or investigation into the alleged anti-doping rule violation commenced) or if his Union does not have its own anti-doping judicial panel, his Association where it has an anti-doping judicial panel, conduct the appropriate investigation and hearing procedures (and where an anti-doping rule violation is found to have been committed, impose the applicable sanctions) if, and only if in the case where there has been an Adverse Last update: 14 January, 2015 360


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