Sprawler-
What on earth!!?
Will you be applying for a CAA or a JAA PPL?
I sat one ground exam before the 1st July 1999 in order to qualify for the issue of a CAA PPL. I then went on to complete most of the exams in the U.K. before going to a CAA/JAA approved school in California to do the flying training and complete my Nav., Tech. and RT Oral exams. I then sent my Logbook of to the CAA and got my licence.
This was all after JAR was implemented.
I don't know if it is a case of a very recent addition to the JAA nonsense, or you being issued with Duff Gen?
Is it perhaps worth getting a second opinion on this matter by someone else at the CAA, or have you already done this?
PPP