[blml] comments on 27 procedure

[Harald Skjæran]

On 27/05/2008, Eric Landau <ehaa at starpower.net> wrote:
> On May 27, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Herman De Wael wrote:
>
> > gesta at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> >
> >> +=+ Until offender has a choice of options the Director has no
> >> decision to make concerning the application of Law 27B and
> >> does not enquire what the offender thought he was doing. The
> >> IB is only withdrawn after LHO decides not to accept it.
> >>         For the purpose of selecting his option LHO is entitled to
> >> know what his options are, and what the law says about the
> >> consequences of his choice. At this time the Director has no
> >> information to give him about the effect in this particular case
> >> of applying 27B.
> >
> > Within this whole discussion, this is the part I find most strange and
> > disagree with the strongest.
> > We have always ruled IB in such a way that the LHO only needed to
> > decide on whether to accept AFTER the TD told that IB could or could
> > not escape "unpunished" by bidding some aprticular bid.
> > I don't see why this should change in the new laws, where only the
> > number of acceptable changes has altered, nothing else.
>
> Exactly.  Under the 1997 law, the IBer's LHO has always been allowed
> to decide to accept the IB only if the IBer has a penalty-free RC
> available and not otherwise.

What on earth are you talking about here?
The IBer's LHO had the right to accept the IB whenever it suited him.
There being a penalty-frree RC available or not. That right is still
absolute.

-- 
Kind regards,
Harald Skjæran

> By denying him this ability -- as
> Grattan's interpretation would -- we open the door to the OS gaining
> considerable advantage by virtue of the combination of their
> infraction and the NOS's poor choice of subsequent action.  The
> director is responsible for informing the non-offending LHO of his
> options [L10C1], and he is entitled to select the one most to his
> advantage [L10C3].  A "Probst cheat" would be able to "try on" IBs
> hoping to gain advantage from a bad choice made in ignorance of its
> consequences by his LHO.
>
>
> Eric Landau
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