Article 9 Qualifications for registration

not less than two years' full-time practice in the field of intellectual property, including substantial experience in patent agency work, under the supervision of either a registered patent agent or of a barrister, solicitor or, in Scotland or the Isle of Man, an advocate, being a barrister, solicitor or advocate who is engaged in or has substantial experience of patent agency work in the United Kingdom, or

not less than four years' full-time practice in the field of intellectual property, including substantial experience in patent agency work in the United Kingdom,