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13.3.3 The Appeal Panel shall hear <strong>and</strong> determine all issues arising from any matter<br />

which is appealed to it pursuant to the <strong>Rules</strong> in accordance with the following<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard of review:<br />

13.3.3.1 Where required in order to do justice (e.g., to cure procedural<br />

errors), the appeal shall take the form of a rehearing de novo,<br />

i.e., the Appeal Panel shall hear the matter over again, from the<br />

beginning, without being bound in any way by the decision<br />

being appealed.<br />

13.3.3.2 In all other cases, the appeal shall not take the form of a de<br />

novo hearing. Instead the appellant shall be required to<br />

establish that the decision being appealed was made in error.<br />

13.4 Convening an Appeal Panel<br />

13.4.1 Where a notice of appeal is filed in accordance with Article 13.3.1, the<br />

President of the <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>Doping</strong> Panel shall appoint three (3) members from the<br />

<strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>Doping</strong> Panel (which may include the President) to sit as the Appeal<br />

Panel to hear <strong>and</strong> determine the appeal. Each <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>Doping</strong> Panel member<br />

appointed to the Appeal Panel shall be independent of the National <strong>Cricket</strong><br />

Federation <strong>and</strong> shall not have sat as part of the first instance <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>Doping</strong><br />

Tribunal. At least one appointed member of the Appeal Panel shall be a<br />

lawyer, <strong>and</strong> shall sit as Chairman of the Appeal Panel.<br />

13.4.2 The parties to the appeal shall be advised of the identities of the appointed<br />

members of the Appeal Panel, furnished with each appointed member’s<br />

written declaration of independence <strong>and</strong> asked if they have any legitimate<br />

objection to any of those members hearing <strong>and</strong> determining the appeal. Any<br />

unjustified delay in raising any such objection shall constitute a waiver of the<br />

objection. If such objection is made, the Chairman of the Appeal Panel shall<br />

rule on its legitimacy (or, if the objection relates to the Chairman, the<br />

President of the <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>Doping</strong> Panel shall rule).<br />

13.4.3 If, because of a legitimate objection or for any other reason, a member of the<br />

Appeal Panel appointed to hear a particular appeal is, or becomes, unwilling<br />

or unable to hear the appeal, then the Chairman of the Appeal Panel may, at<br />

his/her absolute discretion: (a) rule that a replacement member of the Appeal<br />

Panel should be appointed (in which case the President of the <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>Doping</strong><br />

Panel shall appoint the replacement); or (b) authorise the remaining<br />

members of the Appeal Panel to hear (or to continue to hear) the appeal on<br />

their own.<br />

13.5 Proceedings before the Appeal Panel<br />

13.5.1 The provisions of Articles 8.1 <strong>and</strong> 8.2, applicable to proceedings before the<br />

<strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>Doping</strong> Tribunal, shall apply mutatis mut<strong>and</strong>is (i.e. with changes deemed<br />

to have been made as required to reflect the different context) to proceedings<br />

before the Appeal Panel.<br />

13.5.2 Appeal hearings pursuant to this Article 13 should be completed<br />

expeditiously. Save where all parties agree or fairness requires, the appeal<br />

hearing shall be commenced no later than forty (40) days after the date of the<br />

reasoned decision being appealed.<br />

13.5.3 Each of the ICC, the NADO <strong>and</strong> WADA, if not party to the appeal, shall have<br />

the right to be kept apprised by National <strong>Cricket</strong> Federation of the status of<br />

the appeal, as well as the right to attend hearings of the Appeal Panel as an<br />

observer.<br />

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