Thank you Esperanza. That I know to my cost, I have a JAA CPL.
It was a big mistake at the time and I should have had a UK CPL as I had both options as I had passed the UK CPL theories but also had in excess of 1000hours flying under my belt, however the CAA recommend the JAA option.
At that time the UK CPL had several advantages over the JAA version.
1 It was a 10 year Licence, 2 it came with a IMC Rating. 3 if you had a IMC rating at that time you were allowed 5 hours (or was it 10 ) off your IR Course.
At the time of licence issue I failed to latch onto the differences I was just pleased to get a CPL after working my guts out for 12 months
Cheers Orion