Maybe they are just smarter at wording than BCA has been!
BCA is the "representative" body for British Caving but, if government or officialdom want to interact with BCA then they may well want to regard it as the "governing" body and, if that's to our advantage then I don't care what they call it - as long as we, the BCA members, understand the position.
Not sure that the BMC was actually smarter re. CRoW but the legal situation was clearer for them than it is for cavers and, at the time, there was no push within NCA for the law to relate to caving as well as climbing. Don't forget that this was the old NCA with no individual members, rather sketchy representation for clubs and very little in the way of public relations. BCA should be rather better placed to represent its members' views and, since the subject of CRoW has been raised, BCA has set up a working party to look into the matter in England. (Note that Wales has its own, quite separate legislation.)
BCA is the "representative" body for British Caving but, if government or officialdom want to interact with BCA then they may well want to regard it as the "governing" body and, if that's to our advantage then I don't care what they call it - as long as we, the BCA members, understand the position.
Not sure that the BMC was actually smarter re. CRoW but the legal situation was clearer for them than it is for cavers and, at the time, there was no push within NCA for the law to relate to caving as well as climbing. Don't forget that this was the old NCA with no individual members, rather sketchy representation for clubs and very little in the way of public relations. BCA should be rather better placed to represent its members' views and, since the subject of CRoW has been raised, BCA has set up a working party to look into the matter in England. (Note that Wales has its own, quite separate legislation.)