REGULATION 4 (i) proportionate salary or compensation paid to coaches; (ii) board and lodging; (iii) proportionate costs of training infrastructure (for example, hire of facilities, equipment); (b) Other general costs that can be attributed, either in full or in part, to a Player’s rugby education, training and development; and (c) Assembly costs for next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team, senior National Representative Sevens Team and National Age Grade Teams. For the avoidance of doubt, the following items are specifically excluded from the Standard Annual Development Investment: (d) Medical and non-rugby specific costs (e.g., school fees and other education costs); (e) Domestic and international competition costs; and (f) Assembly costs for domestic club teams and international club teams. 4.7.6 The number of years a Player has spent in development programmes of the Current Union is a key component of the calculation. It is recognised that there is a defined period in which Unions invest in Player development, and this is deemed to be between the ages of 17 and 23. During the defined development period therefore, there is a maximum of seven years investment in Player development. 4.7.7 Any disagreement over the fee payable pursuant to Regulation 4.7.2 and Figure 1 for such Player’s training and/or development, may be referred, by Unions or Associations only, to the CEO who shall via the Judicial Panel Chairman, or his designee, refer such disputes to a Judicial Officer or Judicial Committee to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions or Regulation 18.10. 4.7.8 Any disagreement between the relevant parties regarding the payment of compensation for the training and/or development of a Player, shall not affect a Player’s playing activity and Clearance may not be refused for this reason. 4.7.9 Compensation for a Player’s training and development shall be paid by the Rugby Body or Club (as the case may be) to which the Player is proposing to move, to the Player’s Home Union. 4.7.10 Each Union shall be entitled to establish its own regulations for the distribution of compensation monies received by it to Rugby Bodies and Clubs in its membership or otherwise. 4.7.11 When compensation for a Player’s training and development is payable by a Rugby Body or Club, then the Union with which such Rugby Body or Last update: 14 January, 2015 78
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