If—
(a) before 1 January 2003, the National Crime Authority obtained evidence of a kind referred to in subsection (1) of section 6 of the NCA (State Provisions) Act; but
(b) the National Crime Authority had not assembled and given the evidence as mentioned in that subsection before 1 January 2003—
section 34(1) applies as if that evidence had been obtained by the ACC in carrying out an ACC operation/investigation.