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A.	*Official Status*
	The Director is the official representative of the sponsoring organisation.
B.	*Restrictions and Responsibilities*
	1.	Technical Management
		The Director is responsible for the technical management of the tournament.
	2.	Observance of Laws and Regulations
		The Director is bound by these Laws and by supplementary regulations announced by the sponsoring organisation.
C.	Director's Duties and Powers
	The Director's duties and powers normally include the following:
	1.	Assistants
		to appoint assistants, as required, to perform his duties.
	2.	Entries
		to accept and list entries.
	3.	Conditions of Play
		to establish suitable conditions of play and to announce them to the contestants.
	4.	Discipline
		to maintain discipline and to insure the orderly progress of the game.
	5.	Law
		to administer and interpret these Laws and to advise the players of their rights and responsibilities thereunder.
	6.	Errors
		to rectify an error or irregularity of which he becomes aware in any manner, within the correction period established in accordance with Law 79C.
	7.	Penalties
		to assess penalties when applicable.
	8.	Waiver of Penalties
		to waive penalties for cause, at his discretion, upon the request of the non-offending side.
	9.	Disputes
		to adjust disputes; to refer a matter to the appropriate committee.
	10.	Scores
		to collect scores and tabulate results.
	11.	Reports
		to report results to the sponsoring organisation for official record.
D.	Delegation of Duties
	The Director may delegate any of the duties listed in "C' to assistants, but he is not thereby relieved of responsibility for their correct performance.

LAW 82 - RECTIFICATION OF ERRORS OF PROCEDURE

A.	*Director's Duty*
	It is the duty of the Director to rectify errors of procedure and to maintain the progress of the game in a manner that is not contrary to these Laws.
B.	*Rectification of Error*
	To rectify an error in procedure the Director may:
	1.	Award of Adjusted Score
		award an adjusted score as permitted by these Laws.
	2.	Specify Time
		of Play require or postpone the play of a board.
C.	*Director's Error*
	If the Director has given a ruling that he or the Chief Director subsequently determines to be incorrect, and if no rectification will allow the board to be scored normally, he shall award an adjusted score, considering both sides as non-offending for that purpose.

LAW 83 - NOTIFICATION OF THE RIGHT TO APPEAL

If the Director believes that a review of his decision on a point of fact or exercise of his discretionary power might be in order (as when he awards an adjusted score under Law 12), he shall advise a contestant of his right to appeal or may refer the matter to an appropriate committee.

SECTION TWO
RULINGS

LAW 84 - RULINGS ON AGREED FACTS

When the Director is called to rule on a point of law or regulation in which the facts are agreed upon, he shall rule as follows:
A.	*No Penalty*
	If no penalty is prescribed by law, and there is no occasion for him to exercise his discretionary powers, he directs the players to proceed with the auction or play.
B.	Penalty under Law
	If a case is clearly covered by a Law that specifies a penalty for the irregularity, he assesses that penalty and sees that it is paid.
C.	*Player's Option*
	If a Law gives a player a choice among penalties, the Director explains the options and sees that a penalty is selected and paid.
D.	*Director's Option*
	If the Law gives the Director a choice between a specified penalty and the award of an adjusted score, he attempts to restore equity, resolving any doubtful point in favour of the non-offending side.
E.	*Discretionary Penalty*
	If an irregularity has occurred for which no penalty is provided by law, the Director awards an adjusted score if there is even a reasonable possibility that the non-offending side was damaged, notifying the offending side of its right to appeal (see Law 81C9).

LAW 85 - RULINGS ON DISPUTED FACTS

When the Director is called upon to rule on a point of law or regulation in which the facts are not agreed upon, he shall proceed as follows:
A.	*Director's Assessment*
	If the Director is satisfied that he has ascertained the facts, he rules as in Law 84.
B.	*Facts Not Determined*
	If the Director is unable to determine the facts to his satisfaction, he shall make a ruling that will permit play to continue, and notify the players of their right to appeal.

SECTION THREE
CORRECTION OF IRREGULARITIES

LAW 86 - IN TEAM PLAY

A.	*Average Score at IMP Play*
	When the Director chooses to award an artificial adjusted score of average plus or average minus in IMP play, that score is plus 3 IMPs or minus 3 IMPs respectively.
B.	*Non-balancing Adjustments, Knockout Play*
	When the Director assigns non-balancing adjusted scores (see Law 12C) in knockout play, each contestant's score on the board is calculated separately. The average of the two scores is then assigned to both contestants.
C.	Substitute Board
	The Director shall not exercise his Law 6 authority to order one board redealt when the final result of a match without that board could be known to a contestant. Instead, he awards an adjusted score.

LAW 87 - FOULED BOARD

A.	*Definition*
	A board is considered to be "fouled" if the Director determines that one or more cards were misplaced in the board, in such manner that contestants who should have had a direct score comparison did not play the board in identical form.
B.	*Scoring the Fouled Board*
	In scoring a fouled board the Director determines as closely as possible which scores were made on the board in its correct form, and which in the changed form. He divides the score on that basis into two groups, and rates each group separately as provided in the regulations of the sponsoring organisation. In some forms of team contests, the sponsoring organisation may prescribe a redeal (see Law 6).

SECTION FOUR
PENALTIES

LAW 88 - AWARD OF INDEMNITY POINTS

In a pair or individual event, when a non-offending contestant is required to take an artificial adjusted score through no fault or choice of his own, such contestant shall be awarded a minimum of 60% of the matchpoints available to him on that board, or the percentage of matchpoints he earned on boards actually played during the session if that percentage was greater than 60%.

LAW 89 - PENALTIES IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

In individual events, the Director shall enforce the penalty provisions of these Laws, and the provisions requiring the award of adjusted scores, equally against both members of the offending side, even though only one of them may be responsible for the irregularity. But the Director, in awarding adjusted scores, shall not assess procedural penalty points against the offender's partner, if, in the Director's opinion, he is in no way responsible for the violation.

LAW 90 - PROCEDURAL PENALTIES

A.	Director's Authority
	The Director, in addition to enforcing the penalty provisions of these Laws, may also assess penalties for any offence that unduly delays or obstructs the game, inconveniences other contestants, violates correct procedure, or requires the award of an adjusted score at another table.
B.	*Offences Subject to Penalty*
	Offences subject to penalty include but are not limited to:
	1.	Tardiness
		arrival of a contestant after the specified starting time.
	2.	Slow Play
		unduly slow play by a contestant.
	3.	Loud Discussion
		discussion of the bidding, play or result of a board, which may be overheard at another table.
	4.	Comparing Scores
		unauthorised comparison of scores with another contestant.
	5.	Touching Another's Cards
		touching or handling of cards belonging to another player (Law 7).
	6.	Misplacing Cards in Board
		placing one or more cards in an incorrect pocket of the board.
	7.	Errors in Procedure
		errors in procedure (such as failure to count cards in one's hand, playing the wrong board, etc.) that require an adjusted score for any contestant.
	8.	Failure to Comply
		failure to comply promptly with tournament regulations or with any instruction of the Director.

LAW 91 - PENALISE OR SUSPEND

A.	Director's Power
	In performing his duty to maintain order and discipline, the Director is specifically empowered to assess disciplinary penalties in points or to suspend a contestant for the current session or any part thereof (the Director's decision under this clause is final).
B.	Right to Disqualify
	The Director is specifically empowered to disqualify a contestant for cause, subject to approval by the Tournament Committee or sponsoring organisation.

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