Some time ago, we were involved in running a "Closed Charter" through a third party on our AOC out of a Northern port (very northern).
Despite having had our local (BK) office run their ruler over the matter, and them giving us the thumbs up, the local office then deemed it an RPT operation. We provided the "locals" with an affidavit from the local boys in blue, stating that entry to the destination port required written authorisation from the owners/occupiers of the destination. Our submission was that it could not then be deemed RPT. The locals declined to accept our explanation. To say that I/we were subjected to an investigation would be putting it mildly. To the extent that there was a CB investigator dispatched to investigate our actions. We then submitted the matter to CASA legal in CB. CASA legal decided in OUR favor. So, maybe the moral of the story is to let the CASA legal eagles formally consider the matter, rather than accept the half arsed legal interpretations/opinions that seem to be prevalent.
And that was the SECOND time that the legal eagles in CB produced a result in our favour in relation to interpretations..
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