I think we'd best agree to disagree on this one Brimstone.
As I have already said previously on this thread, the crew are not being actively instructed to route to "the centre-fix for the ILS", they are being routed to a point at which to intercept the ILS. If any action other than immediate approach on arrival at this point is intended, the crew will be advised of this in advance, as well as the reasons for it.
The fact that this point just happens to encompass not only the "centre-fix", but also a published hold and a FMS/GPS routeing point just happens to be coincidental!! I didn't design the thing, I only work it!
As the original query was about crews assuming a Clearance had been granted when there had been no mention of a Clearance in the transmission, and the fact that 2 of the 3 aircrew responses so far have stated that no ambiguity existed in the instruction, then I think I can safely feel that my query has been answered satisfactorily.
One thing that was drilled into me during training - be extremely mindful of readbacks where expectation/assumption vs reality is concerned. That's the core of the query really!
Thanks for your responses though, they made for very interesting reading. And believe me I can see where you're coming from and what it is that you're trying to say, but I don't believe that you have fully understood what it was that I was getting at. Sorry if my query caused you any confusion, believe me none was intended.