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29. ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS AND MEDIA The Home Nation shall make suitable arrangements for Press and Media as outlined in Appendix J. 30. TICKETS FOR VISITING NATIONS See Appendix K for tickets for the Visiting Nation VII. ELIGIBILITY OF PLAYERS AND CAPTAINS 31. ELIGIBILITY OF PLAYERS (a) Age Eligibility Only Players who have reached their fourteenth birthday by the first day of the tie (for the World Group and World Group II) and the Monday of the week of a Zone Group Event may participate in the Fed Cup Competition. (b) Eligibility to Represent a Country Any tennis player who is in good standing with her National Association in accordance with Appendix D shall be qualified to represent that country as a player or Captain if she: i) Is a national of that country, has a current valid passport of that country and has lived in that country for twenty-four consecutive months at some time, and has not represented any other country during the period of 36 months immediately preceding the event. If a player is qualified under this sub-section to represent more than one country and the National Association of one of those countries wishes to nominate her to represent it, that Association shall submit an application to the ITF, and the ITF will forward a copy to any other National Association concerned, which shall be entitled to comment within 15 days of receipt. The initial application must be received by the ITF at least three months prior to the event for which the player wishes to be nominated. The Fed Cup Committee will give a ruling having taken into account all relevant matters. ii) a) A player who has represented, or has been eligible to represent a country and such a country is divided into two or more countries, shall immediately be eligible to represent any one of those countries. b) A player who has represented, or has been eligible to represent a country and such country is absorbed in whole or in part by another country, shall immediately be eligible to represent such other country. iii) A player shall be deemed to have represented a country if she shall have been nominated and shall have accepted the nomination to play in the Olympic Tennis Event or in any International Team Competition recognized by the ITF and listed in Bye-law 2.1(a). 13

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