[blml] 2007 laws [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Steve Willner:

>>4. It now appears to be illegal for NBOs to conduct
>>extraterritorial games, e.g., the ACBL games in
>>Britain and Germany.

Henk Uijterwaal:

>Aren't the military bases in .uk and .de American
>territory?  I.e. the game will be in the US, thus
>ACBL land.
>
>(The last time I was on such a base, it looked like
>the US, pay in US$ instead of DEM or NLG and the
>German/Dutch laws for shop opening hours didn't
>apply which was great.)

Law 80A1(c):

The Regulating Authority under these laws is
...
for any other tournament or event the National Bridge
Organization in whose territory the tournament takes place.

Richard Hills:

In my opinion, Steve was correct to caveat his statement
with "appears".

It "appears" to me that an NBO's territory does not
necessarily have a one-to-one correspondence with the NBO's
_nation's_ territory.

For example, the EBU's nation is the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but the EBU's writ does
not run in that part of the United Kingdom which is the
Principality of Wales, where the WBU instead has authority.

(Although the EBU and the WBU sensibly have nearly, but not
quite, parallel regulations.)

What's the problem?


Best wishes

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

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