[blml] 2007 Law 40B2(c) - opponents' system card [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Grattan Endicott ->

>     "(i) prior to the commencement of the auction"
>and continue from there. The word 'period' must be excised.
>      Needing something to occupy my time on the plane home
>I browsed through some papers I had brought away from the
>hotel with me - and noticed this. For commencement of the
>auction see 'Auction' in the definitions; the auction lies within
>the auction period but they are not conterminous (co-extensive).
>                                                ~ Grattan ~   +=+

Definitions ->

Auction - 1. The process of determining the contract by means of
successive calls. It begins when the first call is made. 2. The
aggregate of calls made (see Law 17).

Incorrect first edition Law 40B2(c)(i) ->

(c) Unless the Regulating Authority provides otherwise a player may
consult his opponent’s system card
(i) prior to the commencement of the auction period,

Correct second edition Law 40B2(c)(i) ->

(c) Unless the Regulating Authority provides otherwise a player may
consult his opponent’s system card
(i) prior to the commencement of the auction,

Richard Hills:

This was a comedy of errors, caused by me being _too efficient_ in
my proof-reading.

The correct second edition Law 40B2(c)(i) was sent to me for
transcription a day _before_ the definition of Auction had the
phrase "It begins when the first call is made" inserted.

Ergo, since the start of the auction period was defined (Law 17A)
but the differing start of the auction had not yet been defined, I
corrected what I erroneously thought was a typo by changing
"auction" to "auction period".

Whenever I corrected a typo in a Law, I included a note stating
what typo I was correcting in the same email which had the Law as
its attachment, just in case I had made a mistake.  Unfortunately
Grattan was

>totally whacked - mentally exhausted after the gruelling sessions
>of the drafting committee and the post-session laying out of the
>many small adjustments (and several major changes) in the drafts
>as they had been on arrival in Shanghai

so did not have time to read my emails, instead merely reading just
the Law printouts.

C'est la vie.

;-)


Best wishes

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

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