Hi,
The article has finally been published in the Official Records Series 4, #974.
As follows;
Exemption from the Instrument Rating Renewal Requirements of Part-FCL for Holders of UK CAA Issued Licences who hold or have held Third Country Pilot Licences with Instrument Rating Privileges
1) The Civil Aviation Authority (“the CAA”) pursuant to article 14(4) of Regulation (EC) No. 216/2008 exempts, subject to paragraph 2, any holder of a pilot licence issued by the CAA from the requirements of FCL.625(d) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1178/2011 to pass again the theoretical knowledge examinations in order to renew an instrument rating.
2) This exemption is subject to the following conditions:
a) the pilot shall hold a pilot licence issued by the CAA that previously included a valid instrument rating; and
b) the pilot shall hold or have held within the 7 years preceding the last date on which the instrument rating issued by the CAA was valid, a valid instrument rating, compliant with Annex I to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and included in a pilot licence issued by a State other than the United Kingdom; and
c) a pilot with a current and valid instrument rating issued by another State shall comply with the revalidation requirements of FCL.625(b) and the aircraft category specific requirements for revalidation of the Part-FCL instrument rating; and
d) a pilot who held an instrument rating included in a licence issued by another State that is no longer valid but that instrument rating had been revalidated or renewed within the preceding 7 years shall comply with the renewal requirements of FCL.625(c).
3) This Exemption has effect from 21 May 2013 until the equivalent measures proposed under Article 14(6) of Regulation (EC) No. 216/2008 are adopted, unless revoked.
C J Whittaker
For the Civil Aviation Authority
21 May 2013
Explanatory note:
The intent of this exemption is that where a pilot holds or has held an Instrument Rating issued by a third country and that rating is compliant with Annex I to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the applicability of FCL.625(b), (c) and (d) may be based on the validity dates of the Instrument Rating issued by that other country.
Where a pilot holds a current and valid Instrument Rating issued by another country, the pilot must pass the IR proficiency check, but is not required to undergo training or to re-pass the theoretical knowledge examinations as specified in FCL.625(d).
Where a pilot held a 3rd country IR that is no longer current and valid but the IR was revalidated or renewed within the 7 years preceding the intended renewal of the UK IR, the pilot shall comply with the renewal requirements of FCL.625 IR(c), but is not required to re-pass the theoretical knowledge examinations as specified in FCL.625(d).
This explanatory note is not part of the exemption.
ORS4 No. 974: Exemption from the Instrument Rating Renewal Requirements of Part-FCL for Holders of UK CAA Issued Licences who hold or have held Third Country Pilot Licences with Instrument Rating Privileges | Publications | About the CAA
Enjoy, I'll get back to you regarding the type rating issues at some point in the future.
FM.