You can bet there is a local fed manager with a very serious authoritarian complex who started this. There always is. They give these guys far too much power and they allow no appeals over this position. His decision stands, even if it is not the law and code, they can just make them up as they go.
The Crown has granted them Lordship over the Tenants and Serfs.
This is crazy.
The Federal government appears to be very dirty on this one.