Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection ( 2), this Act applies to a federal criminal proceeding, whether begun before, on or after the day on which this section commences, if the prosecutor gives notice in writing to the defendant , the defendant's legal representative and the court that this Act applies to the proceeding.
(2) If the prosecutor gives the notice after the proceeding begins, this Act only applies to the parts of the proceeding that occur after the notice is given (whether or not those parts began before that time) .
(3) A notice given under this section is not a legislative instrument.