Those Affecting Players

7C                   You should shuffle your cards after the hand before returning them to the board.

                       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 indivdual call in the opponents' 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.

41B/C             There is a short period betweenthe final pass and the first card being faced, when questions are asked. This is now called the Clarification Period. Players may consult their own system cards during this time to make sure that nothing has been misexplained, for example.

41D                 When you put the dummy down you must display it with the lowest ranking cards near declarer.

61B2b              Dummy can no longer ask a defender whether he has revoked. However, he can still ask declarer.

61B3                Defenders are allowed to ask one another whether he has revoked. This returns to a situation outlawed in 1987.

65B3               Players are now allowed to point out that a quitted card is pointing 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.

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

The numbers are those of the relevant rule.

Have fun!  David Gilling