Sch. 13 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(g)
Nothing in any provision of Part 2 affects the operation of—
any rule of the common law; or
any provision made by or under an Act or Northern Ireland legislation;
in relation to offences committed wholly or partly before the commencement of the provision in Part 2 concerned.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), an offence is partly committed before commencement if—
a relevant event occurs before commencement; and
another relevant event occurs on or after commencement.
In this paragraph “