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Screen Regulations | |||||||
Operation
| Bidding
Boxes | Modification
of Penalties These regulations are for use
with Screens and include Bidding Box regulations A.
Basic The North and East
players sit on the same side of the screen throughout. It is North's
responsibility to place the board on, and to remove the board from the
bidding tray. It is West's responsibility to adjust the screen
aperture. B.
Sequence North places the
board on the bidding tray. The aperture is closed (and remains so during
the whole of the auction period) so that the bidding tray can just pass
under it. The players remove the cards from the board. C.
Explanations A player may, by
written question, ask for an explanation of an opponent's call; the
screen-mate then provides a written answer. 1.
At
any time during the auction a player may request of his screen-mate, in
writing, a full explanation of an opponent's call. The reply is also in
writing. 2.
Questions during the play period should be in
writing with the aperture closed. The screen is raised after the response
has been made. A.
Basic Bidding boxes are
used. B.
Changes to calls
made A call placed and
released may be changed: 1.
if it
is illegal or inadmissible (in which case the change is obligatory as soon
as either screen-mate is aware of this); or 2.
if it
is determined by the director to be a call inadvertently selected; or 3.
under
the provisions of Law 25 (the penalty provision of Law 25B does not apply
if the first call is not transmitted through the screen). A call placed and
transferred to the other side of the screen generally becomes subject to
the normal provisions of the Laws. See
Modifications of penalties in section 3. C.
Alerts A player who makes
an alertable call must alert his screen-mate, and partner must alert on
the other side of the screen when the bidding tray arrives there. It is
the player's responsibility to ensure that his screen mate is a aware of
the alert. The recommended procedure is to place an Alert card over the
last call of the screen-mate, in his segment of the bidding tray; the
alerted player acknowledges by returning the Alert card to his opponent.
Standard EBU regulations shall apply with regard to which calls require an
alert. D.
Variation in tempo During the auction
period, after an opponent has acted quickly, it is proper to adjust the
tempo back to normal by either delaying one's own call (place the bidding
card faced, in front of, but not on the tray) or by waiting before passing
the tray. E.
End of the Auction After all four
players have had the opportunity to review the auction (equivalent to the
right of having the auction restated) the players replace their bidding
cards in their respective bidding boxes.
Dummy may call
attention to a defender's card prematurely exposed.
The artificial
adjusted score and penalty prescribed in the first paragraph apply only if
the call has been transmitted to the other side of the screen.
For the
infractions covered by these laws, the following procedures are used: 1.
Tray not Passed. Before the tray is
passed, the offender's screen-mate shall call attention to the infraction
and summon the director. The director shall see that the infraction is
rectified without penalty. These infringing calls may not be accepted. 2.
Both Sides at
Fault. When the
infringing call is nonetheless passed across the screen, both sides being
at fault (as when either player commits a bidding infraction and the
proper player - North or South - moves the tray before rectification),
both players on the other side of the screen are responsible for calling
attention to the infraction and summoning the director. The director shall
return the tray to the offending players for rectification of the
irregularity without penalty. These infringing calls may not be
accepted. 3.
Only One Side at
Fault. When a call is
passed across the screen both players on the other side of the screen are
responsible for drawing attention to any infraction and summoning the
director. If only one side is found to be at fault, and except as
otherwise provided in these or any other Conditions, a call placed and
transferred to the other side of the screen is subject to the normal
provisions of the Laws. 4.
Irregularity not
Noticed. When the
infringing call is passed across the screen, and neither player there
draws attention to it, the tray eventually being returned to the side of
the screen where the bidding irregularity was committed, the auction
stands without penalty or rectification. However, in the case of an
inadmissible call, Law 35 applies. 5.
Information - Authorised or
Not. Information from
withdrawn calls is unauthorised for any partnerships at fault but
authorised for a player or partnership that has committed no irregularity.
If the director determines that the unauthorised information from
withdrawn calls precludes normal bidding, he shall award an artificial
adjusted score.
The subsequent
call is cancelled without penalty.
The offender's
screen-mate should attempt to prevent any opening lead our of turn. A
faced down lead out of turn is retracted without penalty. A faced opening
lead out of turn is retracted without penalty if the screen has not been
raised. 1.
and
the other side has not yet led face up, the lead is considered to be out
of turn and Law 54 applies; 2.
and
the other side has also led face up, the card becomes a major penalty
card. When the declaring
side has incorrectly opened the screen, the lead is accepted. The director
shall award an adjusted score if he considers that the player who opened
the screen could have known that it would be to his advantage to accept
the lead.
Spectators may not
sit so they can see both sides of the screen. | |||||||
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