I think this is going down the route of the common confusion between VFR and VMC. They are not the same.
Visual Meteorological Conditions are a difinition of the conditions actually experienced.
Visual Flight Rules are the rules governing the flight. One of those rules is that the flight must be in VMC, but VFR also requires "in sight of surface at or below 3000'".
The para from the ANO that Genghis quotes says that permit aircraft must be operated under Visual Flight Rules - ie in VMC and in sight of surface at least up to 3000'.
So yes, bit difficult to get up and down again legally.
H