I may have not been clear, I appreciate it would be an IRRE but my point here is that he does not have IRRE, but has IRR(A) which the CAA assured him was correct in EASA speak for IRRE. He also has IR(R) for an IMC rating.
I on the other hand do not hold any IRRE privileges, but have an IMC rating and the corresponding entry on my licence is "IRR(A)".
According to the CAA the entry for the IMCr is now IR(restricted). On my licence it is entered this way and my IR is entered as IR(A).
No examiner ratings are entered on the licence we have them on a separate page and the is no IRR(A) it is a CRE with IR revalidation privileges listed in what we can do. I have never seen a standalone IR revalidation rating.
The CAA make made a right dogs dinner of entering ratings into licences and its making a nightmare of a job for us as examiners as they come around for renewal and revalidation to know what to put on the forms. It has led to a lot of phone called recently.