BEagle - 24 (2) (b) if interpreted as written would render illegal all instrument approaches flown solo where there is VMC above MDA/DA.
It seems to stem from the days when people flew visual approaches unless they
needed to fly an instrument approach because of weather. So the only people likely to be flying instrument approaches in VMC
outside CAS were likely to be U/T.... Another ex-RAF policy? Certainly when I flew single pilot fast jets people would look astonished if you chose to fly an instrument approach when the weather didn't require it - radar-to-visual was the main option if you had to descend through cloud to VMC underneath, but then you would join visually off a VRIAB.
24 (2) (b) doesn't seem to cater for those who, for example,
choose to fly an ILS in VMC at an aerodrome outside CAS - such as Manston? Or Biggin Hill when below the London TMA. It all depends upon the interpretation of the term 'practice'. If you are flying the ILS in gin-clear VMC with the intention to land, is that a 'practice approach' because the weather doesn't require you to fly an instrument approach? Or is a 'practice approach' only when you wish to go-around and land elsewhere?