You will get many people giving 'advice' on here, some will say yes others no, they will then argue with each other for a few days as to why everybody is wrong. Then the US pilots will come along and tell you how it works in FAA land. Then the subject will move on to FAA v JAA and EASA will get ripped to pieces. You will invariably be more confussed than you are now.
My advice FWIW; would be to contact the CAA directly, via email, and get a definitive answer straight from the horses mouth...