The time has come for us to undo Statutory Instrumentation and return
to the noble design of the past. Comments are, as always, welcome,
even if I can't promise I'll agree with them. :)
-Aris
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Title: The Great Rollback
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Aris
Co-author(s):
If this proposal has already taken effect, then it has no effect.
In this proposal, "S->I" is to amend a rule by replacing each instance of
"a statute" with "an instrument", and each other instance of "statute" with
"instrument". This is not a case-sensitive match, however, if the word
first word being replaced has a leading capital, then so does the
first replacement word.
Enact a new power-3.5 rule entitled "Statutory Instrumentation
Simultaneity", reading:
Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the proposal which enacted this
rule CAN make multiple rule changes, which it could otherwise make
individually, simultaneously. When it attempts to do so, if any single
rule change it attempts is INEFFECTIVE, then so is the entire attempt.
If the proposal which enacted this rule makes a change to the
definition of a rule then, except for rules which are simultaneously
and explicitly enacted or repealed with that change,
the rules after that change are exactly the entities that were rules
beforehand. This is a definition of the interpretation of the
amendment to the rules and not, in and of itself, a rule change.
Apply the following rule changes simultaneously: {
Repeal Rule 2611, "Instruments".
Repeal Rule 2612, "Bodies of Law".
Repeal Rule 2613, "Effects of Instruments".
Apply S->I to Rule 1688, "Power".
Apply S->I to Rule 2438, "Ribbons".
Amend Rule 105, "Rule Changes" by, all as part of the same
amendment:
1. Replacing:
Where permitted by other rules, a statute generally can, as
part of its effect,
with:
When the rules provide that an instrument takes effect, it can
generally:
Amend Rule 2140, "Power Controls Mutability", by, all as part of the same
amendment:
1. Deleting:
An ephemeral instrument is bound by prohibitions and limitations
specified in rules of lower power, unless it explicitly overrides
those prohibition(s) as provided for in other rules.
2. Replacing "set or modify any other substantive
aspect of an instrument with power greater than its own except as
otherwise provided in this rule." with "set or modify any other
substantive aspect of an instrument with power greater than its own."
3. Applying S->I.
Amend Rule 2125, "Regulated Actions", by changing it to read in full:
An action is regulated if: (1) the Rules limit, allow, enable, or
permit its performance; (2) the Rules describe the circumstances under
which the action would succeed or fail; or (3) the action would, as part
of its effect, modify information for which some player is
required to be a recordkeepor.
A Regulated Action CAN only be performed as described by the
Rules, and only using the methods explicitly specified in the
Rules for performing the given action. The Rules SHALL NOT be
interpreted so as to proscribe unregulated actions.
Amend Rule 2141, "Role and Attributes of Rules", by replacing:
A rule is an enduring statute. Every rule has a power between 0.1
and 4.0, inclusive. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, it is
IMPOSSIBLE to enact a rule with power outside this range, or to
change the power of an existing rule to a nonzero value outside
this range. The set of all currently-existing rules is called the
ruleset.
with:
A rule is a type of instrument with the capacity to govern the
game generally, and is always taking effect. A rule's content
takes the form of a text, and is unlimited in scope. The ruleset
is the set of all currently-existing rules.
Every current rule has power between 0.1 and 4.0 inclusive.
Amend Rule 106, "Adopting Proposals", by changing it to read in full:
When a referendum on a proposal is resolved, if the outcome is ADOPTED,
then the proposal in question is adopted, its power is set to the minimum
of four and its adoption index, and it takes effect. Proposals CANNOT
otherwise be adopted or take effect, rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
When a proposal takes effect, the proposal applies the changes that it
specifies, except as prohibited by other rules. Clearly marked comments
are ignored. If the proposal cannot make some changes it specifies, that
does not preclude the other changes from taking place.
Except insofar as the actions performed by a proposal happen one after
another, rather than simultaneously, a proposal's effect is
instantaneous. A proposal can neither delay nor extend its own effect.
Once a proposal finishes taking effect, its power is set to 0.
No entity with power below the power of this rule can prevent a proposal
from taking effect; this does not apply to generally preventing changes to
specified areas of the gamestate, nor to a proposal preventing itself from
taking effect (its no-effect clause is generally interpreted as applying
only to the rest of the proposal).
}
Repeal the rule "Statutory Instrumentation Simultaneity" enacted
earlier in this proposal.
