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

any Doping Control form that he/she completes in relation to Testing under the Rules
and it shall be the Cricketer’s responsibility to complete such contact details (the
“Cricketer’s Nominated Address”) as necessary to ensure that he/she is
contactable at the Cricketer’s Nominated Address. Any notice sent by the National
Cricket Federation to a Cricketer at the Cricketer’s Nominated Address shall be
deemed to have been received by the Cricketer within five (5) days of the date of
delivery to the Cricketer’s Nominated Address.
1.6 A Cricketer shall continue to be bound by and required to comply with the Rules
unless and until the Cricketer is deemed under the rules applicable to him/her to have
retired from the sport of cricket, and the National Cricket Federation shall continue to
have jurisdiction over him/her under the Rules thereafter in respect of matters taking
place prior to that point.
1.7 A Cricketer who retires in accordance with Article 1.6 at a time when he/she is in the
National Registered Testing Pool may not resume competing in the sport unless
he/she has made him/herself available for unannounced Out-of-Competition Testing
by notifying the National Cricket Federation of his/her intent to return and by making
him/herself available for Testing, including (if requested) by complying with the
whereabouts requirements of Article 11 of the International Standard for Testing, for a
period of at least three months prior to his/her desired return to competition.
1.8 Any coach, trainer, manager, agent, team staff, official, medical, paramedical
personnel, parent or any other Person working with, treating or assisting a Cricketer
(“Cricketer Support Personnel”) shall also be bound by and shall be required to
comply with all of the provisions of the Rules.
1.9 It is the personal responsibility of each Cricketer Support Personnel (which may not
be delegated to any other Person):
1.9.1 to acquaint him/herself with all of the provisions of the Rules, including
(without limitation) being aware of what constitutes an anti-doping rule
violation and what substances and methods are on the Prohibited List;
1.9.2 to comply with the Rules in all respects;
1.9.3 to cooperate fully with the Testing of Cricketers;
1.9.4 to cooperate fully with any investigation into a potential anti-doping rule
violation under the Rules; and
1.9.5 to use his/her influence on Cricketer values and behaviour in order to foster
positive attitudes towards anti-doping in the sport of cricket.
1.10 Without prejudice to Articles 1.1 to 1.9, the National Cricket Federation shall be
responsible for promoting anti-doping awareness and education in the sport of
cricket.
ARTICLE 2
ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS
Doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the following anti-doping rule violations:
2.1 The presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a
Cricketer’s Sample.
2.1.1 It is each Cricketer’s personal duty to ensure that no Prohibited Substance
enters his/her body. A Cricketer is responsible for any Prohibited Substance
or its Metabolites or Markers found to be present in his/her Sample.
Accordingly, it is not necessary that intent, fault, negligence or knowing Use
on the Cricketer’s part be demonstrated in order to establish an anti-doping
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