Quote:
FCL.945 Obligations for instructors
Upon completion of the training flight for the revalidation of an SEP or TMG class rating in accordance
with FCL.740.A (b)(1) and only in the event of fulfilment of all the other revalidation criteria required
by FCL.740.A (b)(1) the instructor shall endorse the applicant's licence with the new expiry date of the
rating or certificate, if specifically authorised for that purpose by the competent authority responsible
for the applicant's licence.'
'So unless the IAA have specifically authorised it, you cannot sign!'
I'm an IAA licenced FI with FCL 945 privileges on my licence. You do have to be authorised and said privilege is printed in your licence.
If you read the above legislation quotation then you will see that nowhere does it say that the signing FI must have flown the hour with the SEP holder, simply that they can only sign the revalidation after the hour has been completed.
Remember most profession licence holders are except anyway by virtue of having completed their last IR in a simulator or any other IAA flight test in the last year.
It is a revalidation not a skills test. You are confirming that revalidation criteria have been met.
For the OP, plenty of IAA examiners and a few FI with 945, ask around at your operator.