[blml] ...have we really come to this??? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Tim West-Meads:

>>..."interpretations of law" by bodies other than the WBFLC
>>have no legal standing.

John (MadDog) Probst:

>The TD's primary duties include running the game according
>to the laws. If, in the opinion of the TD a regulation is
>illegal, then he *should* disregard it as it is in conflict
>with the Laws. An interpretation handed down by the WBFLC,
>however, is an interpretation, and has the force of law. So
>Tim and I are in agreement, as is mostly the case.

WBF Laws Committee minutes, 20th January 2000, item 4:

"The Secretary undertook to seek publication of a disclaimer
on the WBF web to the effect that no opinion, unless the
recorded corporate decision of the committee, should be
considered to have the authority of a committee decision.

"Directors seeking guidance should refer to their respective
NCBOs."

Richard Hills:

1. The WBF LC can interpret Law, and such an interpretation
has the force of Law.

2. The WBF LC has interpreted Law to the effect that it can
delegate its power of interpreting Law to the National
Authorities of National Contract Bridge Organisations for
situations where the WBF LC has not yet interpreted Law.

3. Ergo, an interpretation of Law by the English Bridge
Union's National Authority, the Laws and Ethics Committee,
has legal validity in the EBU unless and until such an EBU
L&EC interpretation of Law happens to contradict a WBF LC
interpretation of Law.

4. Therefore, the "mostly the case" agreement of MadDog and
Tim is, in this particular case, an agreement on a fallacy.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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