Yep, that came in a few years ago. You can swap a license from any other EU country for a UK license with no tests, but can drive on that foreign license for as long as it remains valid if you wish.
Then the fun starts with the way rules contradict themselves.
For example, Brits expatriating to Spain or France are told that under the new rules they can drive on their UK license for its period of validity. But DVLA still insists that a UK license must, by law, have their current address on it. And guess what? They won't accept a non-UK address.