Oldbeefer - I have no Beef with you and I have no doubt that you are a highly experienced instructor, but I would suggest that that does not necessarily translate into you being a good interpreter of the latest amendment to the ANO. But by the same count it does not mean that you are not a good interpreter of said laws...laws whose interpretation is ultimately only relevant when done by lawyers in a court of law.
Perhaps you could indulge me by indicating your interpretation of the latest amendment we are discussing - do you think that only students who have flown solo are legally allowed to start up on their own, or do you think it means that any student (with medical etc) is legally allowed to start up on his own subject to authorisation from his instructor?
HC