Crossing intervening runways

[bookworm]

MATS Part 1 S2 C1 says

9.4.2 Care must be exercised when clearing an aircraft to the holding point of the runway in-use, for the aircraft is then permitted to cross all runways which intersect the taxi route designated in the clearance whether active or not.

Annex 2 says:

3.2.2.7.2 An aircraft taxiing on the manoeurvring area shall stop and hold at all runway-holding positions unless otherwise authorized by the aerodrome control tower.

This seems inconsistent. Is clearance to a distant holding point considered "otherwise authorized"?

The proposed Standard European Rules of the Air say:

3.2.3.4.2 An aircraft taxiing on the manoeuvring area shall stop and hold at all runway-holding positions unless an explicit clearance to cross the runway has been issued by the aerodrome control tower. (my bold)

So, do I need an explicit clearance to cross the intervening runways or not (UK and elsewhere please)?

[reportyourlevel]

Try quoting the whole pararagraph you pulled from the MATS Pt1:

Care must be exercised when clearing an aircraft to the holding point of the runway in-use, for the aircraft is then permitted to cross all runways which intersect the taxi route designated in the clearance whether active or not. Therefore when a taxi clearance contains a taxi limit beyond a runway, it is to contain an explicit clearance to cross that runway. If such a clearance cannot be given, the clearance limit and the specified route must exclude that runway and any route beyond it. When the controller considers it appropriate, the phrase “hold short” may be used to emphasise that the aircraft is not authorised to cross an intermediate runway, e.g. “taxi to holding point D2, hold short of runway 25R”.

The technicality of whether you need an explicit clearance or not is irrelevant as the UK controller is required to give one anyway.