Change to Tournament Regulations (effective February 5, 2012)
The following is a non-exhaustive list of the recent changes made to the
regulations
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The addition of a section on player eligibility for Australian representation
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The addition of regulations governing the use of electronic scoring units
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The addition of an annex containing some examples and commentary (purely as an
aid to understanding)
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Changes to the specified time allocation per board in matches involving the use
of screens.
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Changes to the procedures in place that govern augmentation and player
replacement in an Australian Representative team.
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Minor changes to the conditions governing the use of Yellow Systems
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Minor changes to the methods used to determine seating rights in team matches
(i.e. 'blind seating' etc.)
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Minor changes to some tie-breaking procedures
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An expansion of the regulations governing the rights of team captains
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An expansion of the regulations that govern the operation of BBO in respect to
the broadcasting of National Finals
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Minor changes to the eligibility requirements for players who wish to receive
PQPs
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Some changes to the categorisation of National Events
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Minor changes to the 'Board Rule' requirements
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Insertion of some extra security measures in respect to the control of
electronic communication devices during the Finals of National events
Change to System Regulations (effective October 1, 2011)
The boundary conditions in respect to 'Protected Pair' status have been
increased such that 'local' and 'national' have been replaced with 'state' and
'life'.
Change to Alerting Regulations (effective October 1, 2011)
Previously all calls at the four-level or higher were classified as
'self-alerting'.
The criterion for this category of self-alerting action has now been modified
to:
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All calls at the four-level or higher, except conventional opening bids
The reason for this change is to cater for the use of Namyats and other 4-level
Transfer Pre-empts. Previously such actions were theoretically supposed to have
been pre-alerted, however, because they have such a low frequency of
occurrence, this requirement was often overlooked. Note that it is only
high-level conventional opening bids that have been removed from the
'self-alerting' classification. All other actions above the level of 3NT
(whether conventional or not) will remain non-alertable.
