Hm Im not sure. This is the 3rd time Im retyping this post, and for each time my answer changes between the two.
All future permission checks (IE usergroups) are already covered by the phrase used for the post count check, this much I can agree with myself on.
Since it has no use whatsoever currently, and will be readded if it should prove useful, if your like me and like to keep things as clean as possible, you can safely delete this template