J(26) 10.iii.1998

Call for Judgement

• P97 is a legal rule change by 105(0).
• P97 is an illegal rule change by 105(0).

Judgement

The Judge selected was Terry Boon.

Judgement

I state and choose the following statement: "P97 is not a rule change, and is therefore neither a legal rule change nor an illegal rule change."

Ratio

105(0) defines what a rule change is; I merely check the definition.

Obiter

I believe that it is acceptable for a Proposal not to be given explicitly as a (finite, non-empty, ordered) list (of rule changes and motions), provided that it can unambiguously be transformed to such a list.

It is natural to transform the above proposal to the following list:

• Enact the following new rule: [snip]
• Repeal the uniquely defined rule with the following text: [snip].

P97 is, I believe, a valid Proposal, consisting of two rule changes.