Part 9: Miscellaneous and General Pardons for certain abolished offences etc Section 165: Other pardons for convictions etc of certain abolished offences: England and Wales
Subsections (1) to (3) automatically confer a pardon on any living person who has had, or in future has, a conviction or caution disregarded under the provisions of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the 2012 Act (See Policy Background, page 40). Subsection (4) applies definitions used in that Act.