It all came in last September in the UK.
The 3 year thing will affect your MEP class rating as well as the IR.
If you don't have a SPA-ME-IR you can't really apply for jobs because you need it valid to start a type rating.
There is a bloke called bose-x in the private flying forum that runs an ATO and seems a sensible bloke on here anyway. Give him a shout and see what he recons you need.