Level Attitude, you are quite incorrect.
Have you tried discussing the matter with the CAA?
To make it simple, if an FI is not currently qualified to instruct for the IMC rating / IR(R), they will have to wait until either:
1. They've achieved 200 hrs flight time under IFR and have completed the IRI course requirements; or
2. I've persuaded the CAA to re-assess the proposals put to them last year.
Bob Stinger, yes. If anyone really wants to be a standalone IRI, they will need to have achieved the hours figures you quote.