Thanks for your response again, but what I really meant was will the CAA still recognise the Austro Control exams after the end of 2022 for the issue of an IR. I would assume not, as they say that they're only valid for the issue of a licence until the end of 2022, but my question really is whether the IR would be classed as a "licence" and I would therefore have to get it before the end of 2022 for my AC exams to be any good, or if I get the full 3 years of validity and it's only the CPL I need to get before the end of 2022.
I appreciate this might not be known even by the CAA yet so I appreciate your responses.