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

[Jerry Fusselman]

On 9/11/07, richard.hills at immi.gov.au <richard.hills at immi.gov.au> wrote:
> 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.
>

I have no idea what this means:  "The Committee confirmed that
knowledge of the mechanical error was authorised information; the TD
should be summoned who could apply Law 25A."  Of course the TD
*should* be summoned and of course he *could* apply Law 25A, but what
are the possible outcomes and why?  What are they saying should
happen?

-Jerry Fusselman