Originally Posted by
Fl1ingfrog
I will asume that your licence was issued by the UK CAA in accordance with the EASA rules and regulations, which were current at the time. IT IS NOT A EASA LICENCE but it is a UK CAA licence and is valid for life as it is. You should now ignore any referenses to EASA printed on it. This is the UK CAA instruction to avoid unecessary replacing of licenses.
Makes perfect sense now, thank you!