Except as otherwise provided by section 3, a person whose conviction is quashed by section 1(1) is to be treated as if, on the coming into force of this Act, the conviction had been quashed by the High Court on an appeal by the convicted person.

In section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (compensation for miscarriages of justice), the reference in subsection (5) to a conviction having been quashed (or set aside) on an appeal out of time includes a reference to a conviction having been quashed by section 1(1).