The Act Qualifying individuals
5.The pardon applies to qualifying individuals. “Qualifying individual” is defined in section 2 of the Act to mean an individual who was a miner, an individual who was (at the time of the commission of the offence) a member of the same household as a miner, or an individual who was (at the time of the commission of the offence) a parent of a miner, a child of a miner or a sibling of a miner. “Sibling of a miner” is defined in section 5 of the Act as an individual who has at least one parent in common with a miner. That means that a half sibling of a miner is a qualifying individual.
6.The definition of “qualifying individual” includes a deceased individual, so the pardon applies to those living and posthumously.