"official"? "unofficial"? You're got me really confused now Simon.
As things stand caving access and CRoW aren't the same are they? I thought the gist of the BCA vote was that it was instructed to pursue clarification of the meaning of the current legislation. That's ongoing - but I don't think it's actually been achieved yet has it?
There seems to be lots of misinformation circulating. I just checked the CNCC website and it indicates that permits are freely available to any BCA member club. Surely all todcaver and his mates need to do is gang together as a club, join BCA - and away they go.
The detail is here:
http://www.cncc.org.uk/access/details.php?id=184
I believe there are some cavers who think that someone needs to be taken to court as a test case. If you are advising people to ignore access agreements which are the result of negotiations between land owners and the caving community, you should perhaps give the
full story. (I accept that you may not be - just saying.)
Also it would perhaps be useful if you could make it clear whether you are speaking for CNCC or just giving your own opinion. (I confess don't know if you are an officer or not Simon.)