[blml] Appeal to National Authority

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Burrows" <wjburrows at gmail.com>
To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] Appeal to National Authority



>>
>> +=+ The laws of the game specify no particular time scale.
>> It is for national authorities to make known their procedures.
>> Because we are dealing with the rules of a game to which
>> players consent and subordinate themselves in participating,
>> I doubt that natural justice calls for more than the rules
>> provide.
>>                    ~ Grattan ~   +=+
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> 
> They also specify no particular time frame for an ordinary appeal.
> Does the same logic apply there?
> 
> Surely there is an implicit assumption that the appeal will be heard
> in a timely manner.  Afterall the outcome of an appeal is to get a
> correct result on a board.  If the appeal is not heard in a timely
> manner then it will be impossible to publish results.
> 
> Wayne
<<
+=+ In my opinion, yes; the timescale for an ordinary 
appeal is a matter for the regulations and procedures 
of the SO. It is not unknown when an appeal is 
deferred to next morning for results to be published 
subject to the outcome of the appeal. In some circumstances 
these timescales can be extended beyond 'next morning'
(even to a matter of days in one or two events with 
special conditions).  
       As for appeals to the national authority, I am quite
sure that different authorities adopt different time scales 
and different procedures. I think they do provide information 
on their several procedures, constituting regulations if 
formulated regulations on the subject are not issued. I do 
think it is a matter for them.
                                            ~ Grattan ~   +=+.