A&C.. EASA have sod all to do with PtF matters in this country. It is all covered by BCARs and specific CAPs as you well know.
Either A&C has no clue or is peddling his own warped agenda.
Ex-military aircraft fall within the new CAA GA Unit, set up in early 2014 (about the time that the communication breakdown highlighted in the AAIB report).
This was formed to make regulation less 'gold plated' at the behest of then Government Minister Grant Shapps. After Shoreham I wonder how successful that can be have seen to have been.