Direct Clearances.
Arriving into BHX from the South, the usual clearance is a Grove 1C. By Hemel one is usually off the STAR and on radar vectors. Eventually you may be cleared "direct to HON". My question is this ... the STAR says be FL80 by x miles before HON. Does this restriction still apply, as you are no longer on the STAR and have been given radar vectors? If RW15 is in use FL80 before HON is way below profile.