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Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT NOTICE - Additions to Time Limits - Tournament Regulation
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:25:35 -0700
From: CNSW Secretary

Dear Secretaries

Would you please bring this to the attention of players, coaches and referees.

Thank you
Nerida

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Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT NOTICE - Additions to Time Limits - Tournament Regulation
From: Jan Sage
Date: 4/22/14 12:21 am
To: CNSW Secretary

Hi Nerida,

Would you please send this message to CNSW Club Secretaries, [...]

Thank you,
Jan Sage

Hi Everyone,

The attached amendment to Tournament Regulation 16 - Time Limits, has been
added to the ACA Tournament Regulations and should appear on the ACA
web-site the next time the site is updated.

These are very important explanations and need to be distributed to all
active referees and umpires in your jurisdiction. Please also ensure that
those Examiners and Trainers in your State are also aware of the need to
pass on these important definitions. These additional explanations bring
Australia in line with the authorized tournament regulations and accepted
practice within New Zealand and the UK and current practice in the USA.

FYIO - Whenever and wherever possible the Big Four (MacRob countries)
agree to accept the same practice though each remain entitled, if they
wish, to make alternate local tournament regulations or slight variations
to wording, it is desirable we all try to achieve consistency in order to
lessen confusion.

16.4 You will note there is an extended explanation as to how and when a
bisque may be used. It does not alter most player’ or officiator’s
perception of what has always been the regulation but there have been
several queries on the matter, which has encouraged us to give a more
detailed explanation to avoid confusion or incorrect interpretation.

16.3.1 A more detailed explanation of how to determine whether the
Striker’s turn ends before, or after time is called. There are now four
specific criteria listed by dot points that will greatly assist
officiators in determining the correct call and reduce the amount of
searching and cross-referencing within the law book and ORLC.

Regards,
Liz

Elizabeth Fleming
ACA.NDR.AC