4 [F1Initial duty to disclose]: further provisions.E+W+N.I.
(1)This section applies where—
(a)the prosecutor acts under section 3, and
(b)before so doing he was given a document in pursuance of provision included, by virtue of section 24(3), in a code operative under Part II.
(2)In such a case the prosecutor must give the document to the accused at the same time as the prosecutor acts under section 3.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4 heading substituted (4.4.2005 for E.W. and 15.7.2005 for N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 331, 336, Sch. 36 Pt. 3 para. 22; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2, Sch. 1; S. I. 2005/1817, art. 2 (with savings in art. 2(3))