That's how we're interpreting it.
You make it sound very complicated, which it doesn't need to be.
You also have the option to go to a DTO, usually a local friendly flying club, with a tame examiner and a CFI who will go through the paperwork with you.
If you haven't flown for a year, a couple of hours brush-up and a LPC with an examiner would be a really good idea, anyway.
TOO