Re: Anybody there?

Peter Gutmann <pgut001-kVWAYfnMFF2W8ldZTk/[email protected]> Sun, 20 Oct 2019 02:05:12 +0000

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Clive D.W. Feather <[email protected]> writes:=0A=
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>Arguably, since the law requires the letter to be written, it could be dee=
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>to have been written.=0A=
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The Australians have this set up much better:=0A=
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  [...] the Commissioner may [...]:=0A=
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  (b)  treat a particular event that did not actually happen as having happ=
ened and, if appropriate, treat the event as:=0A=
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    (i)  having happened at a particular time; and=0A=
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    (ii)  having involved particular action by a particular entity; and=0A=
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  (c)  treat a particular event that actually happened as:=0A=
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    (i)  having happened at a time different from the time it actually happ=
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    (ii)  having involved particular action by a particular entity (whether=
 or not the event actually involved any action by that entity).=0A=
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So Boris definitely wrote the letter and signed it, yesterday, at noon.  At=
 least in Australia.=0A=
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Peter.=0A=