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eceipt of that written, reasoned decision.
8.2.3 The National Cricket Federation shall pay the costs of convening the Anti-
Doping Tribunal and of staging the hearing, subject to any costs-shifting
order that the Anti-Doping Tribunal may make further to Article 8.2.4.
8.2.4 The Anti-Doping Tribunal has the power to make a costs order against any
party. Subject thereto, each party shall bear its own costs, legal, expert,
hearing, and otherwise.
8.2.5 Subject only to the rights of appeal under Article 13, the Anti-Doping
Tribunal’s decision shall be the full, final and complete disposition of the case
and will be binding on all parties.
8.2.6 If the decision is that an anti-doping rule violation has been committed, then:
(a) the decision shall be publicly reported in full as soon as possible, and in
any event within no more than twenty (20) days of its issue; and (b) after the
decision is publicly reported, the National Cricket Federation may also
publish such other parts of the proceedings before the Anti-Doping Tribunal
as the National Cricket Federation thinks fit.
8.2.7 If the Cricketer or Cricketer Support Personnel is exonerated, then the
decision shall not be published (save as set out in Article 14.2) and its
confidentiality shall be strictly maintained by all parties.
ARTICLE 9
AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
An anti-doping rule violation in connection with or arising out of an In-Competition test
automatically leads to Disqualification of the individual results obtained by the Cricketer’s
individual performance in the Match in question, with the following consequences: (a)
forfeiture of any individual medals or other prizes awarded; and (b) forfeiture of any official
ranking points achieved.
ARTICLE 10 SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS
10.1 Deliberately left blank
10.2 Imposition of a Period of Ineligibility for the Presence, Use or Attempted Use, or
Possession of Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods
The period of Ineligibility imposed for a violation of Article 2.1 (presence of Prohibited
Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Sample), Article 2.2 (Use or Attempted Use
of Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method) or Article 2.6 (Possession of Prohibited
Substances and Methods) that is the Cricketer or Cricketer Support Personnel’s first
offence shall be two years, unless the conditions for eliminating or reducing the period of
Ineligibility (as provided in Articles 10.4 and 10.5) or the conditions for increasing the
period of Ineligibility (as provided in Article 10.6) are met.
10.3 Imposition of a Period of Ineligibility for Other Anti-Doping Rule Violations
The period of Ineligibility imposed for anti-doping rule violations other than under Article
10.2:
10.3.1 For a violation of Article 2.3 (refusing or failing to submit to or otherwise
evading Sample collection) or Article 2.5 (Tampering or Attempted Tampering
with Doping Control) that is the Cricketer or Cricketer Support Personnel’s
first offence, the period of Ineligibility imposed shall be two years, unless the
conditions specified in Article 10.5 or in Article 10.6 are met.
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