Originally Posted by
Pace
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You cannot be convicted on the spirit of something only on the Letter!
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Are these people less entitled to the protections placed on the same people paying for it!
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We all know the spirit of what the CAA have tried to achieve but its the detail that counts.
Pace
Quite correct on your first point which is why tax avoidance is such a thriving industry. However, if you comply with the spirit (as well as the letter) then you are very unlikely to get hassle. If you want to stand on the line, with your nose right at the limit, flipping the CAA the bird you should expect to get hassle (and expect to have to pay lawyers to fight your corner). These are choices people must make. I was simply pointing out the probable logic and therefore how close to the line different choices might be.
With regard to your other point, I find it quite reasonable and totally consistent with the general principles of Western Society that a paying customer is entitled to a substantially higher duty of care than a random person.
We don't want to live in a world where all drivers have to be registered taxi drivers (using approved vehicles) to carry a passenger or where your kitchen needs to meet the requirements for a food manufacturing plant to have a guest eat your food or any of the other requirements we as a society place on commercial providers of goods and services that are not applied to providing those same goods and services in a private context.
This is not that we value the private lives of people less than the commercial lives, but that we as a society have decided the government should establish specific minimum standards of process/structure/training so we don't need to do a detail due diligence on every service provider we use.