[blml] Alerting and Law 25A [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

EBU Laws and Ethics Committee minutes, 16th May 2007:

3.9 Player being woken up by an Alert or Announcement

The Committee considered correspondence where a player
intended to open 1S but placed 1NT on the table. When
partner announced 12 to 14, the player realised his
error. The Committee noted there were other situations
where, for example, an alert might wake the player up.
The Committee confirmed that knowledge of the
mechanical error was authorised information; the TD
should be summoned who could apply Law 25A.


Law 25A (Immediate Correction of Inadvertency):

Until his partner makes a call, a player may
substitute his intended call for an inadvertent call
but only if he does so, or attempts to do so, without
pause for thought. If legal, his last call stands
without penalty; if illegal, it is subject to the
applicable Law.


Best wishes

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

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