GUIDE TO THE 2007 LAWS -CHANGES AFFECTING PLAYERS

You should shuffle your cards after the hand before returning them to the board.

16B3

You are still required to agree a hesitation, for example, when it happens and

the TD should be summoned if there is any disagreement.

The new laws state that the best time to claim actual damage is at the end of the

hand (e.g. rather than on sight of dummy)

20F3

You are now allowed to ask about the meaning of an individual call in the

opponent's auction. But it shouldn't be done in such a way as to suggest a call

or play to partner such as "does that 2H bid show hearts?" - perhaps indicating

that the questioner holds hearts.

20G1

Sometimes players ask questions because they do not think their partner has

understood. It is illegal to do so.

40B2(b)

There is a short period between the final pass and the first card being faced,

& 41B/C

when questions are asked. This is now called the Clarification Period. Members

of the declaring side may consult their own system cards during this time to

make sure nothing has been misexplained, for example

41D

When you put the dummy down you must display it with the lowest ranking

card nearer the declarer.

61B2b

Dummy cannot ask a defender whether he has revoked.(In 1997 it was in 42B1

and still is but is repeated here). However he can still ask declarer.

61B3

DEFENDERS ARE ALLOWED TO ASK ONE ANOTHER WHETHER THEY HAVE

REVOKED. This returns to a situation outlawed in 1987.

65B3

PLAYERS ARE NOW ALLOWED TO POINT OUT that a quitted trick is pointed

the wrong way. Declarer can do it at any time; dummy or defenders can do it

only until the lead is made to the following trick.

It's now official - the chief object while playing is to obtain a higher score than other contestants