Thanks for the info. My RT is current and valid cos I have been using it with my micro licence. I still have the CAA licence and the Group D as such is a current rating, but the SEP rating is long lapsed (11 years). My current SEP licence is an NPPL.
The CAA licence is an old lifetime one which is why I now just want to lose the NPPL and revalidate the SEP rating on the CAA licence giving me one licence with two ratings as opposed to two different licences.
This flying lark can get mighty confusing can't it!!
( Must say you know - for all the knocks that people give the CAA - they did a great job for me and have helped tremendously in the last couple of years. Three cheers for the Aero Medical Dept I say!!)