Northern Ireland Chief Constable George Hamilton has warned that it could take up to two years for an independent body tasked with investigating murders associated with the Troubles to start its work.
He said he was anticipating an 18 to 24 month timeframe for the legislation required to create the proposed Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) to run its course.
Mr Hamilton said that in the meantime, the PSNI's newly assembled Legacy Investigations Branch would pursue the cases.
He also said it would not repeat the mistakes of its controversial predecessor, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET)
The creation of the HIU was agreed by Stormont's leaders and the Irish and British governments as part of December's Stormont House deal, which resolved a series of disputes destabilising power sharing in Belfast.
The HIU will take on the criminal justice element of investigating the past.
A separate truth recovery mechanism will endeavour to give bereaved relatives the chance to learn more about the circumstances of their loved ones' deaths without the prospect of conviction.
The HET, which was set up in 2005 to investigate more than 3,000 murders, ultimately closed due to budgetary pressures.
But before that it had already suffered significant reputational damage, with inspectors alleging it did not probe killings carried out by the military with the same rigour as those committed by paramilitaries.
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