MR WESSELS
That one can't answer without speculating as to what the reason for that was, but you've got to see it in the context of the evidence of Webb: "If I had been asked, I would probably have granted it".  So it's clear that in the factual matrix of events, this was something that Verster reasonably could have believed that he had authority for.
	Now if there was a short circuit anywhere in the final decision, then it would mean that there wasn't authority given, but it doesn't detract from the fact that Verster believed that he had authority and his belief that he had authority, even though factually incorrect, still makes him bona fide.