Guidance

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Going by the policy guidance below, can one use SPE- Society for Petroleum Engineers and AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) mebership to satisfy the requirement for personal registration with a trade body as below.

Business activity
You must provide one or more documents from the following list covering (either together or
individually) a continuous period commencing before 11 July 2014 up to no earlier than three
months before the date of your application to confirm your business activity:
▪ Advertising or marketing material that has been published locally or nationally, showing your
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name (and the name of the business if applicable) together with the business activity. This
can include printouts of internet advertising or, where your business is trading online, confirmation of your ownership of the domain name of the business’s website;
▪ Article(s) in a newspaper or other publication showing your name (and the name of the business if applicable) together with the business activity. This can include an online link to the
publication;
▪ Information from a trade fair(s) that you have had a stand or given a presentation to market your business. This must show your name (and the name of the business if applicable)
together with the business activity;
▪ Personal registration with a trade body linked to your occupation.