[blml] Zonal Delegation of L12c3 -- OT nitpick

[Eric Landau]

On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Grattan Endicott wrote:

> [WBFLC 2000]
> The Laws Committee not having so far changed Law 12C3, the Appeals
> Committee at the World Championships in Bermuda, January 2000, issued
> the following directive to the Chief Tournament Director: "As part of
> its arrangements under Law 80G the Appeals Committee requires the
> Chief Director of his own volition, as a preliminary in the appeals
> process, to consider whether an adjustment in accordance with the
> provisions of Law 12C3 would be appropriate. If so, in pursuance of
> the terms of the WBF Code of Practice he is authorized to make such an
> adjustment before the players are given the ruling in order to achieve
> equity as he judges it. Such a score adjustment may be appealed to the
> Appeals Committee on the same basis as an appeal of any other ruling,
> but the fact that a judgmental ruling by the Director is made with
> these enhanced powers, and after consultation with colleagues and
> expert opinion, means that appeals committees will require strong
> evidence that puts it beyond reasonable doubt a ruling should be
> varied." The WBF Laws Committee will return to the question of Law
> 12C3 at a future time. In the meantime it has stated that it finds it
> acceptable if other regulating authorities adopt this method of
> achieving the intention of the Code of Practice.

"...requires the Chief Director of his own volition..."?  Isn't that  
a textbook example of a self-contradiction?


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