Proposed Laws

[Alex McFarlane]

The search part was 'passed' in Istanbul but at that time the rest of the wording made it clear that it would only apply in the top events where passing through a scanner is already done and that it could also allow action to be taken against a suspected cheat. At that time phones were still allowed, though they had to be switched off, so the 'searching' would not normally be used but if an accusation was made the arbiter would be allowed to ask to see if the phone was on or not.
The change in the wording makes this far more draconian than the original.