[blml] Law 25A [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills (clarification):

>>Actually, Law 25B first appeared in the 1987 Lawbook and then was
>>slightly modified in the 1997 Lawbook.

[snip]

Kojak:

>Thank you for the further clarification.  I was aware that Law 25B
>existed in 1990. It showed up in 1975 as a "B" not 1987.  I was
>referring to the Bandaid laid on in 1997.

[snip]

Richard Hills (even further clarification):

Sorry, I should have been more precise, and stated:

"Actually, a Law 25B which permitted a delayed or purposeful
correction first appeared in the 1987 Lawbook..."

The 1987 Law 25B was fundamentally flawed.  The 1997 Law 25B
"bandaid" version merely slightly complicated the 1987 Law 25B but
did not fix the fundamental flaw.  So, in my opinion, the 1997
"bandaid" was merely a symptom of the original 1987 disease.

As part of the renumbering of the Laws between 1975 and 1987, the
1975 Law 23 became the 1987 Law 24, and the 1975 Law 24 became the
1987 25A.  But the 1975 Law 25 was completely different to its 1987
successor, Law 25B, in that delayed or purposeful corrections were
not permitted.

However, the 1975 Law 25BA1 was somewhat draconian:

>>>B.  Attempt to Change Legal Call
>>>
>>>A call substituted for a legal call made previously at the same
>>>turn, when Law 24 does not apply, is cancelled.  The legal call
>>>stands and (penalty):
>>>
>>>1.  Auction Period Penalty
>>>
>>>The offender's partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call.

Of course, restoring the 1975 Law 25BA1 into the 2007 Laws would be
"giving those who are absentminded, ill-informed by their own
actions, lazy, and realizing, after-the-fact that what they had done
was going to get them a big fat zero a chance to ... suffer the full
consequences of making mistakes in a game which is based on avoiding
making mistakes".

:-)


Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch
02 6225 6285