ECB Anti-Doping Rules 2013 - Ecb - England and Wales Cricket ...

compliance with Paragraph 1 of the Cricket Testing Protocols, set out at
Appendix 3.
5.3 Out-of-Competition Testing
5.3.1 Ambit of Out-of-Competition Testing
5.3.1.1 Any period outside of an In-Competition period shall be deemed
an “Out-of-Competition” period for purposes of the Rules. Any
Testing of a Cricketer outside of an In-Competition period shall
therefore be considered Out-of-Competition Testing for the
purposes of the Rules. Save in exceptional circumstances, such
Testing shall be No Advance Notice Testing.
5.3.1.2 Where a Sample is collected during Out-of-Competition Testing,
there shall only be an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2.1 if
analysis of the Sample establishes that a substance (or its
Markers or Metabolites) that is prohibited in Out-of-Competition
Testing - i.e. a substance that is listed in the section of the
Prohibited List entitled “Substances and Methods Prohibited At All
Times (In- and Out-of-Competition)” - is present in the Sample, or
under Article 2.2 if such analysis reveals evidence of Use of a
Prohibited Method.
5.3.1.3 For the avoidance of doubt, a Cricketer may be selected for Outof-Competition
Testing at any time and place, whether or not
he/she has been included in the National Registered Testing Pool.
The timing of Out-of-Competition Testing and the selection of
Cricketers to be tested shall be at the discretion of the National
Cricket Federation and/or the NADO (as the National Cricket
Federation and the NADO may determine from time to time).
Decisions relating to timing and selection of Cricketers for Out-of-
Competition Testing shall remain confidential except to those with
a reasonable need to know of them in order to facilitate such
Testing.
5.3.2 Additional Obligations on Cricketers Included in the International
Registered Testing Pool, National Player Pool and/or National
Registered Testing Pool
5.3.2.1 In addition to the general obligation on all Cricketers to submit to
Testing (including Out-of-Competition Testing) at any time and
place, in accordance with Article 11.2 of the International Standard
for Testing:
(a)
(b)
the ICC shall establish a pool of international cricketers (the
“International Registered Testing Pool”) who are required
to provide up-to-date whereabouts information to the ICC
and to make themselves available for Testing at such
whereabouts in accordance with the ICC Code; and
the ICC may, from time to time, establish further criteria
identifying an additional pool of Cricketers to be known as
the “National Player Pool” (or similar), who, together with
the applicable member board, may be required to file and
update certain additional whereabouts information in
accordance with such filing requirements (and subject to the
potential sanctions for non-compliance) that the ICC may
determine appropriate.
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