nickdegarepitt said:
The pics are were taken in OCAF which is a triple SI site, this encompasses the formations being climbed on in the pics.
I don't think tapes have any legal meaning?
That's not to say people should be crossing them, just that if they cross them and don't cause any damage I can't see how an offence has occurred. I can't see how your screenshots demonstrate, beyond reasonable doubt, that damage or an offence has occurred. Are you implying that every surveying or original exploration that has crossed tapes has breached the law?
Equally you can no doubt cause damage without crossing poorly-placed tapes and have committed an offence. But a very high standard of proof would no doubt be required...
It's a dangerous road trying to get people in trouble for doing things in SSSIs because cavers don't get to draw the legal lines (or indeed tapes) and it could all backfire.
I suspect education, delivered in an increasingly insistent fashion, and eventually if necessary naming and shaming, is probably a safer strategy...