SP Bill 5 Session 6 (2021) 2 Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill 3 Pardons: supplementary Section 1 does not— (a) affect any conviction or sentence, (b) give rise to any right, entitlement or liability, or 5 (c) affect the Royal prerogative of mercy. 4 Interpretation In this Act— “conviction” includes any finding in criminal proceedings that a person has committed an offence or done the act or made the omission charged (including a 10 finding linked with mental disorder or in respect of which an admonition or 1 absolute discharge is made), and “convicted” is to be construed accordingly, “miner” means a person, including a deceased person, who at any time during the period beginning with 12 March 1984 and ending with 3 March 1985 was employed in any part of Great Britain— 15 (a) by the National Coal Board established under section 1 of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, or (b) by a person holding a licence granted under section 36(2)(a) of that Act, “miners’ strike” means the national concerted stoppage of work by miners led by the National Union of Mineworkers. 20 5 Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after Royal Assent. 6 Short title The short title of this Act is the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Act 2022...