PMs checked, reply sent, chum!
Basically, have you gone past the expiry date of your SEP and/or TMG Class ratings in your UK PPL(A)?
Happy for you to cut and paste my reply as you see fit.
Re. the ANO changes, I'm hoping for a final meeting very soon with my jolly fine Belgrano inmate chums, then with any luck the Letter of Consultation and Regulatory Impact Assessment will go out soon (that's the English, rather than the CAA definition of 'soon') afterwards.