[blml] 2007 laws

[Eric Landau]

On Oct 29, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Tim West-Meads wrote:

> Grattan wrote:
>
>> +=+ At the Young Chelsea the club, as the RA for its
>> own competitions, would possibly adopt the ACBL
>> regulations for such a tournament if it still occurs.
>
> Except that Law 80 says:
> (c) for any other tournament or event the National
> Bridge Organisation in whose territory the tournament
> takes place.
>
> Thus the YC cannot be the RA for it's own competitions whilst Earl's
> Court remains on English territory.
>
> It will be necessary for the EBU to assign RA powers to the YC and for
> the YC to implement ACBL regulations under those delegated powers.
> It would not be legal for the ACBL/French games at the YC to continue
> offering masterpoints from the respective NAs were the EBU to  
> refuse to
> make such an assignment.

There is nothing in L80 that requires the "territory" of an NBO to  
follow national boundaries.  In practice there is no reason why an  
NBO can't "claim territory" outside of its usual geographic area as  
long as no other NBO objects.


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