Overview of the Act
The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 will quash the convictions of sub-postmasters and others who worked, including on a voluntary basis, in post office branches (all referred to below as "postmasters") who have suffered as a consequence of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. It will quash, on a blanket basis, convictions for various theft, fraud and related offences during the period of the Horizon scandal in England and Wales.
	The Act contains ten sections.
Section 1: Quashing of convictions for relevant offences
Section 2: Meaning of "relevant offence"
Section 3: Determining when a conviction has been considered by Court of Appeal
Section 4: Identification and notification of quashed convictions
Section 5: Deletion of cautions for relevant offences: England and Wales
Section 6: Deletion of cautions for relevant offences: Northern Ireland
Section 7: Consequential provision
Section 8: Power of Secretary of State to make further consequential provision
Section 9: Power of Department of Justice to make further consequential provision
Section 10: Interpretation
Section 11: Extent and commencement
Section 12: Short title