Article 3 Transitional and saving provisions

in relation to offences into which a criminal investigation within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996^f1, has begun, in England and Wales, before 4^th April 2005 or, in Northern Ireland, before 15^th July 2005: and

in relation to a case to which Part 1 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 applies by virtue of section 1(1) or (2) of that Act before 3^rd November 2008.