Commentary on provisions of Act Section 1: Quashing of convictions for relevant offences
Section 1 provides that convictions for "relevant offences" were quashed on the day on which the legislation came into force.
	Subsection 1(2) provides that such convictions in England and Wales will be quashed, if they were prosecuted by the Post Office or CPS, have not been considered by the Court of Appeal in England and Wales and took place before the legislation came into force.
	Subsection 1(3) provides that such convictions in Northern Ireland will be quashed, if they were prosecuted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland or the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland, have not been considered by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland and took place before the Act came into force.
	The Section also sets out where in the Act certain terms are defined and explained.