N_omic Suggestions List


Suggestions List current as of April 5th, 2001.

Rich's Suggestion
Amend Rule 211 to read as follows:

The Amendment Time of a rule is the date and time at which it was most recently amended or transmuted, or, if the rule has never been amended or transmuted, the date and time at which it was enacted. An initial rule that has never been amended or transmuted is considered to have an Amendment Time of Mon Nov 27, 2000 2:08am GMT.

If two or more mutable rules conflict with one another, or if two or more immutable rules conflict with one another, then the rule with the earliest Amendment Time takes precedence. If in such a case two or more of the earliest conflicting rules have identical Amendment Times, then the rule with the lowest number takes precedence.

If at least one of the rules in conflict explicitly says of itself that it defers to another rule (or type of rule) or takes precedence over another rule (or type of rule), then such provisions shall supersede the chronological method for determining precedence.

If two or more rules claim to take precedence over one another or to defer to one another, then the chronological method again governs.