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

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Tim West-Meads:

>Bridge is a game of regular tempo, the laws say so, WTP?

Law 73D1:

"It is desirable, though not always required, for players to
maintain steady tempo and unvarying manner. However, players
should be particularly careful in positions in which
variations may work to the benefit of their side. Otherwise,
inadvertently to vary the tempo or manner in which a call or
play is made does not in itself constitute a violation of
propriety, but inferences from such variation may
appropriately be drawn only by an opponent, and at his own
risk."

ACBL Laws Commission Minutes, Dallas, April 1 2006, Exhibit 2:

"i. In a UI case when one player makes UI available and his
partner has chosen an illegal logical alternative, is the
irregularity in the phrase "had the irregularity not
occurred" the act which created the UI, the choosing of the
illegal LA, or some combination? We are told that this
ambiguity is one that only the ACBL seems to have trouble
with, and that to the rest of the world it is clear that the
irregularity in question is the act of choosing the illegal
LA. If that is the case we would still appreciate a
clarification, since we would prefer laws as little potential
for misinterpretation as possible."


Best wishes

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

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