The change meant that leaving the stick in neutral for a certain period of time would also return you to Normal Law - again, not exactly rocket science.
It may just need a little help from atmospheric disturbances. Without those, it would just maintain alpha-prot in a phugoid motion which may be damped.
P.S. I think you mean Nz-law. The 'normal' protections are included in Normal Law, and may not exist in Alternate Law.