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You and one or two others are missing the point. The new legislation does NOT require the ELT to be a fixed installation. A hand-held 'Survival ELT' per ICAO definition IS explicitly stated in the ANO (as amended) to be an acceptable means of compliance.
The real problem is that many of us already have COSPAS-SARSAT 406MHz hand-held beacons (a significant proportion of which have been purchased in view of the impending legislation with the tacit approval of the CAA), and now find that despite them being amongst the most popular PLBs in use (McMurdo, ACR, etc) they are an unacceptable means of compliance ... not because they don't meet the ICAO specifications, merely because they don't have either CAA or EASA approval!
And exactly the same situation exists with lifejackets, now they are mandated - few, if any, of the popular GA lifejackets are CAA or EASA approved.
And exactly the same situation exists with portable oxygen systems, now oxygen is mandated - few, if any, of the popular GA portable O2 systems are CAA or EASA approved.
Overnight, a large number of conscientious pilots have been put into a position where either they curtail their flying activities or they fly illegally. Transitional arrangements could have been provided, but haven't.
And that is p*ss poor regulation!!