PART 2Disclosure of convictions
Transitional, schedule and definition
37Transitional provision
(1)
Any amendment of the 1974 Act by a provision of this Part referring in any way to a sentence applies in relation to a sentence imposed in respect of a conviction before the date on which the provision comes into force (as well as in respect of a conviction on or after that date).
(2)
Any amendment of the 1974 Act by a provision of this Part referring to a conviction applies in relation to a conviction before the date on which the provision comes into force (as well as in relation to a conviction on or after that date).
(3)
Subsection (2) applies to the court's convicting of a person as it applies to a conviction.
(4)
The 1974 Act applies as if the amendments mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) had always had effect (but see the remaining provisions of this section).
(5)
Subsection (6) applies where, by virtue of subsection (4), a person—
(a)
would have been treated as a rehabilitated person for the purposes of the 1974 Act, and
(b)
would have been so treated by virtue of an amendment of that Act made by a provision mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) before the date on which the provision comes into force.
(6)
The person is, subject to any order made under section 4(4) or 7(4) of the 1974 Act, to be treated on and after that date as a protected person (within the meaning of that Act as amended by this Act).
(7)
Subsection (8) applies where, by virtue of subsection (4), a conviction—
(a)
would have been treated as spent for the purposes of the 1974 Act, and
(b)
would have been so treated by virtue of an amendment of that Act made by a provision mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) before the date on which the provision comes into force.
(8)
The conviction is, subject to any order made under section 4(4) or 7(4), to be treated on and after that date as a spent conviction.
(9)
In subsections (5)(b) and (7)(b), the references to subsection (2) include references to that subsection as applied in subsection (3).