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Your informant is sadly misinformed and both of the answers given are incorrect. The NPPL will continue in its present form and will exist alongside the LAPL. From 8 April 2015 the NPPL will be valid only on UK registered, non-EASA aircraft while the LAPL will be valid on both EASA and non-EASA aircraft.
The medical requirements for the LAPL have been fixed and in the public domain since 5 April 2012.