Prevailing Interpretation

Rules may not explicitly reflect all possible situations most rules will require interpretation to adequately cover all situations.

Not all interpretations are equal and as such the Prevailing Interpretation (the interpretation that should be considered for enforcement) shall be issued by (in descending precedence):

1. Head of Rules Committee
2. Management
3. Joint decision by Rules Committee
4. Individual Rules Committee members
5. Staff Members (with precedence for higher ranks)

Examples:

• An admins’s interpretation overrules a moderator’s interpretation
• A Joint decision by the Rules Committee overules a single rules committee members interpretation.
• A Rules Committee member’s interpretation overrules an admin’s interpretation
• A Head of Rules Committee member’s interpretation overrules all other interpretations.