[blml] Turn but a stone

Steve Willner willner at cfa.harvard.edu
Fri Feb 9 02:19:32 CET 2007


> From: richard.hills at immi.gov.au
>  It
> seems to me that the quoted section of the minute is
> directly contrary to Law 16C2, therefore ultra vires.

There seems to be some confusion here.  Whether a penalty card is AI or 
UI is controlled by L50D1 (major) or L50C (minor).  L16C2 is irrelevant.

The WBFLC minute in question was supposed to explain how to interpret 
the rather confusing language of L50D1, but I don't think it makes 
things crystal clear.  As I may have mentioned before :-), the real 
problem is the attempt to mix mechanical and information penalties.

Tim's idea of having the NOS waive the penalty is creative, but what 
then would make the sight of the exposed card UI?  "Pick up the card, 
and it's UI" would be a reasonable thing for the Laws to say or allow, 
but I don't see that anywhere in them.



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