This would be good news having it extended to 2021 as my IMC Rating has been expired since '05 although my FAA IR was last valid in 2010 (had a long break). My IR(R) is on the back of the EASA PPL and I've tried asking CAA FCL via email a few months ago whether the deadline of 8th April applied also to also moving expired IR(R) ratings back onto an EASA licence or whether it was for new issuance only. Unfortunately not had a reply to my query (tried again last month) but in their defence they were pretty quick at answering my EASA conversion/SEP renewal questions early last year.
Would like to renew my IMC Rating and have it transferred from the back of my EASA PPL but cannot find a definite answer as to whether this would be possible after April 8th 2019 and not able to get it done before then as I'm going to need a substantial portion, if not all, of the 15 hours course again.