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1

Subject to paragraph (3), the provisions of the 2003 Act specified in paragraph (2) shall come into force in relation to Northern Ireland2 on 15th July 2005.

2

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are —

a

section 32 (initial duty of disclosure by prosecutor);

b

section 33(2) (defence disclosure);

c

section 36 (further provisions about defence disclosure);

d

section 37 (continuing duty of disclosure by prosecutor);

e

section 38 (application by defence for disclosure);

f

section 39 (faults in defence disclosure), except in so far as it inserts new section 11(4), (7) and (11) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 19963;

g

section 331 (further minor and consequential amendments) to the extent necessary to bring into force the provisions of Schedule 36 (further minor and consequential amendments) specified in sub-paragraph (i);

h

section 332 (repeals) to the extent necessary to bring into force the provisions of Schedule 37 (repeals) specified in sub-paragraph (j);

i

Part 3 of Schedule 36 (further minor and consequential amendments: disclosure); and

j

Part 3 of Schedule 37 (repeals: disclosure).

3

The coming into force of the provisions referred to in paragraph (2) is of no effect in relation to alleged offences into which a criminal investigation within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 has begun before 15th July 2005.