Fitter2 i dont read this as meaning no changes at all but a steady extension of restrictions. Note the start of the section
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An extension of the transponder carriage regulations to include gliders with effect from 6 April
It does not say to EXCLUDE gliders and there is NO mention of in IMC. I am pleased you are so confident.
This is all in the section referring to Class A to C. At present there are local agreements for gliders operating in Class A to C (West of Luton, for example) and the document indicates that such arrangements may continue. There is also the issue of airspace above FL100. CAA originally proposed mandatory Mode S for Gliders above FL100, and this is still under discussion.
there is NO mention of in IMC.
Quite.
There is still a section of the CAA Mode S lobby that continues to ignore the growing evidence that transponders are not the answer to the problems being addressed, but a more rational approach is slowly filtering through.
Please read the full document carefully for what it actually says (and more important, what it does not say).