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To: Secretaries / Chief Executive Officers of Unions and Regional Associations in Membership of World Rugby To: Secretaries / Chief Executive Officers of Unions and Regional Associations in Membership of World Rugby From: David Carrigy Head of Development & International Relations Date: November 23, 2017 Re: World Rugby Special and Interim Meeting of Council November 15, 2017 World Rugby Council Decisions: Notice of Alterations to World Rugby Regulations Notice of Approved Law Changes Notice of Alterations to World Rugby Bye-Laws Notice of Approval of Law Trials At its Special and Interim Meeting held on November 15, 2017 Council agreed the following: Notice of Alterations to World Rugby Regulations Relating to the Game (1) Regulation 8 – Eligibility to Play for National Representative Teams – attached annex one (page 3) (Implementation date: January 1, 2018) (2) Regulation 16 – Organisation of International Matches; International Tournaments; International Tours – attached annex two (page 5) (Implementation date: November 15, 2017) (3) Regulation 20 – Misconduct and Code of Conduct – attached annex three (page 10) (Implementation date: January 1, 2018) (4) Regulation 22 – Artificial Playing Surfaces – attached annex four (page 12) (Implementation date: January 1, 2018) Notice of Alteration to World Rugby Laws of the Game (1) Simplified Law Book – attached annex five (page 44)** (Implementation date: January 1, 2018) (2) Sevens Laws of the Game – attached annex seven (page 167 ) (Implementation date: December 1, 2017) (3) Approved Law Variations – X–Rugby – attached annex eight (Page 169) (Implementation date: January 1, 2018) ** Consequential amendments to Regulation 17 – Discipline–Foul Play – attached as annex six (page 112) (Implementation date: January 1, 2018) Notice of Alterations to World Rugby Bye–Laws of the Game (1) Approved Bye–Laws alterations – attached annex nine (page 180) (Implementation date: January 1, 2018) Notice of Approval of Law Trials (1) Approved Law Trial Extension – Law 4 – Player Microphones – attached annex ten (page 194) (Implementation date: November 15, 2017) (2) Approved Sevens Law Trial Extension*** – attached annex eleven (page 196) (Implementation date: November 15, 2017) **Unions should note the Sevens Law Trial applies only to the following: 2017/2018 HSBC Sevens World Series for Men and Women, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 Notice of World Rugby Council Ruling (1) Regulation 4 – Player Status, Player Contracts and Player Movement – annex twelve (page 199) Yours sincerely, David Carrigy Head of Development & International Relations ANNEX ONE Regulation 8: Eligibility to Play for National Representative Teams Implementation Date: January 1, 2018 EXPLANATORY GUIDELINES REGULATION 8 13. What does Parent mean? The term “parent” in the Regulations is limited to either a blood parent or a parent that has formally adopted a Player in accordance with the applicable legal requirements of the country concerned. Unless a Player has been adopted in accordance with the formal, legal requirements of the country concerned, the application of this criterion will be based on a Player’s blood parent. When a Player has been formally adopted in accordance with the applicable legal requirements of the country concerned, the birth place of the Player’s blood parent will no longer be relevant for the purposes of establishing the Player’s eligibility pursuant to Regulation 8.1(b). The relevant parent will be the parent that has formally and legally adopted the Player. However, iIn such circumstances, the relevant grandparents for the purposes of establishing a Player’s eligibility pursuant to Regulation 8.1(b) will be the Player’s adoptive rather than blood grandparents. It is not possible under Regulation 8.1(b) to assume eligibility via non-blood grandparents even if a Player has been formally and legally adopted. In the event that one of the Player’s blood parents has been adopted, the relevant grandparents for the purposes of establishing that Player’s eligibility pursuant to Regulation 8.1(b) will be the Player’s blood parent’s adoptive parents. For the avoidance of any doubt, stepparents and fostering parents will not be considered to constitute a Player’s parent for the purposes of Regulation 8.1(b). 14. How is the Residence criteria satisfied? Regulation 8.1(c) requires a Player to complete 60 consecutive months of Residence immediately preceding the time of playing 4. Regulation 8(d) requires a Player to complete 10 years of cumulative Residence preceding the time of playing. Residence is defined as “the place or location in which the Player has his primary and permanent home” and Resident shall be construed accordingly. In essence, Regulation 8.1(c) and Regulation 8.1(d) constitute a sporting naturalization procedure, based on a geographical/presence test. As in any naturalisation process, a number of factors will influence the determination of what constitutes a Player’s permanent and primary home. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the actual time spent in a country and the purpose of any absences during the qualification period. By being Resident in a country for a period of 60 consecutive months5 immediately preceding the time of playing for a Union, or 10 cumulative years over the course of the Player’s lifetime, a Player is deemed to acquire a credible, close and established national link with a country or Union that entitles him to participate in sporting competitions for that Union. Based on the overriding rationale of the eligibility Regulations, in cases where a Player’s eligibility is uncertain the Regulations Committee will consider that Player’s eligibility by reference to the particular facts and 4 The sixty-month residency requirement comes into effect after the cut-off date of December 31, 2020. The residency requirement up to and including December 31, 2020 is “thirty-six consecutive months of Residence immediately preceding the time of playing”. 5 See footnote 4 above. ANNEX TWO Regulation 16: Organisation of International Matches; International Tournaments; International Tours Implementation Date: November 15, 2017 Council at its Interim Meeting held on November 15, 2017 unanimously agreed to clarify Regulation 16 in order to clearly outline within the Regulation the existing Council policy on the sanctioning of cross border tournaments. REGULATION 16 REGULATION 16. ORGANISATION OF INTERNATIONAL MATCHES; INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS; INTERNATIONAL TOURS 16.1 (a) All International Matches, International Tournaments, International Tours or Series of Matches involving the senior National Representative Team (at fifteen and seven-a-side) or the next senior National Representative Team of a High Performance Union(s)1 must be regulated, co-ordinated and approved by the Council. No International Match, International Tournament, International Tour or Series of Matches involving the senior National Representative Team and/or next senior National Representative Team of a High Performance Union(s) can be confirmed before it has been approved by the Council, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. The criteria for the approval of International Matches, International Tours, International Tournaments or Series of Matches involving the senior National Representative Team or the next senior National Representative Team of a High Performance Union(s) by the Council shall be determined by the Council from time to time. (b) All International Matches, International Tournaments, International Tours or Series of Matches involving the senior National Representative Team (at fifteen and seven-a-side) of Unions which are not High Performance Unions must be regulated, co-ordinated and approved by the CEO. No International Match, International Tournament, International Tour or Series of Matches involving the senior National Representative Team of Unions which are not High Performance Unions can be confirmed before it has been approved by the CEO, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. The criteria for the approval of International Matches, International Tours, International Tournaments or Series of Matches which do not involve the senior National Representative Team of High Performance Union(s) by the CEO shall be determined by the CEO from time to time. (c) All International Matches, International Tournaments, International Tours and Series of Matches including age-grade and other forms of the Game save for fifteen and seven-a-side which do not fall within (a) or (b) above must be regulated, co-ordinated and approved by the Unions concerned and the Association in which the International Match, International Tournament, International Tour or Series of Matches is scheduled to be held. No such International Match, International Tournament, International Tour or Series of Matches can be confirmed before it has been approved by the Unions involved and the relevant Association, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. The criteria for the approval of such International Matches, International Tours, International Tournaments or Series of Matches 1 “High Performance Union” means any of the twenty Unions which competed in the most recent Rugby World Cup. REGULATION 16 shall be determined by the relevant Unions and Associations from time to time in accordance with any directions of World Rugby. 16.1.1 The Council will establish a schedule of International Matches, an International Tournament schedule and an International Tour schedule for the High Performance Unions for an agreed period. Once International Match, International Tournament and International Tour details
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