are you PC Plod by chance
No. Nor do I work anywhere in the public sector.
You do not need AUTHORISATION to exit the UK by any means as a free citizen of the UK.
What I'm saying is simple.
Sure you can fly out of the UK as a GA pilot on a private license.
But you are technically not "authorised" to do so if you don't give 12 hours advance notice.
The "authorisation" may be implied, look at the deregulation of the telecommunications industry and their "General authorisations" regime. In order to take advantage of the flexible regime, you need to comply with the requirements, otherwise you are not authorised.
Just remember. In law, "authorisation" does not necessarily mean rubber stamp, passport style permission. It can be more of a donkey and carrot thing, you get the carrot as long as you do X.
I was merely picking up on islander's wording, thats all !
