(4)
The revalidation of an IR(A), if held, may be combined with a proficiency check for the revalidation of a class or type rating.

(b)  
Revalidation of single-pilot single-engine class ratings.

(1)
Single-engine piston aeroplane class ratings and TMG ratings. For revalidation of single-pilot single-engine piston aeroplane class ratings or TMG class ratings the applicant shall:

(i)
within the 3 months preceding the expiry date of the rating, pass a proficiency check in the relevant class in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Part with an examiner; or

(ii)
within the 12 months preceding the expiry date of the rating, complete 12 hours of flight time in the relevant class, including:

-6 hours as PIC; -12 take-offs and 12 landings; and
EN  EN

-a training flight of at least 1 hour with a flight instructor (FI) or a class rating instructor (CRI). Applicants shall be exempted from this flight if they have passed a class or type rating proficiency check or skill test in any other class or type of aeroplane.
(2)
When applicants hold both a single-engine piston aeroplane-land class rating and a TMG rating, they may complete the requirements of (1) in either class, and achieve revalidation of both ratings.

(3)
Single-pilot single-engine turbo-prop aeroplanes. For revalidation of single-engine turbo-prop class ratings applicants shall pass a proficiency check on the relevant class in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Part with an examiner, within the 3 months preceding the expiry date of the rating.

(c)
Applicants who fail to achieve a pass in all sections of a proficiency check before the expiry date of a class or type rating shall not exercise the privileges of that rating until a pass in the proficiency check has been achieved.

SECTION 3
Specific requirements for the helicopter category
FCL.720.H Experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of type ratings -
helicopters
Unless otherwise determined in the operational suitability data established in accordance with Part-21, an applicant for the issue of the first helicopter type rating shall comply with the following experience requirements and prerequisites for the issue of the relevant rating:
(a)
Multi-pilot helicopters. An applicant for the first type rating course for a multi-pilot helicopter type shall:

(1)
have at least 70 hours as PIC on helicopters;

(2)
except when the type rating course is combined with an MCC course:

(i)
hold a certificate of satisfactory completion of an MCC course in helicopters; or

(ii)
have at least 500 hours as a pilot on multi-pilot aeroplanes; or

(iii) have at least 500 hours as a pilot in multi-pilot operations on multi-engine helicopters;
(3)
have passed the ATPL(H) theoretical knowledge examinations.