Correct. I know all about authorisation and responsibility, I was supervisor for a military fatal crash a few years ago. I still have nightmares about my 'interview'.
What I was saying is that most civilians do not break an auth to low fly, because authorisation does not exist. I flew police and fly Air Ambo and have NEVER been authorised. I am just expected to fly legally.
That said, I fly 152s at a Shropshire base, they do have supervision, weird really. If you own your own aircraft, you can go years without seeing 'authority'.