Interpretation of Part 1 23 Meaning of expressions relevant to the criminal-offence ground (1) This section makes provision about the interpretation, for the purposes of this Act, of expressions related to criminal proceedings. 30 (2) References to an appeal— (a) are to an appeal to a court in the United Kingdom, (b) include an application (and accordingly references to an appeal being brought include an application being made), (c) include an appeal under— 35 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, (i) section 288AA (ii) paragraph 13(a) of schedule 6 of the Scotland Act 1998, 21 Scottish Parliament (Recall of Members) Bill Part 3—Final provisions (iii) paragraph 31(a) of schedule 10 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, (iv) paragraph 21(a) of schedule 9 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, (d) include a petition to the nobile officium, (e) do not include— 5 (i) a reference under Part 2 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (the Criminal Cases Review Commission), (ii) a reference under Part 10A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission). (3) A person’s conviction is materially overturned if— 10 (a) it is quashed or varied, and 1 (b) as a result, the person no longer has a conviction of a kind that would cause the criminal-offence ground to apply in relation to the person. (4) A sentence or order that a person be imprisoned or detained is materially overturned— (a) if it is set aside or varied (including as a consequence of the quashing of a 15 conviction), and (b) where it is varied, or a new sentence is imposed or order made in substitution, the varied or substituted sentence or order would not have caused the criminal-offence ground to apply in relation to the convicted person had it been imposed or made at the time of conviction. 20 24 General interpretative rules (1) In this Act, references to the concepts below (however expressed) are to be read as follows— “constituency” means a constituency in relation to elections for membership of the Parliament provided for by schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998, 25 “criminal-offence ground” is to be construed in accordance with section 3, “member” means a member of the Parliament, “the Parliament” means the Scottish Parliament, “Presiding Officer” means the Presiding Officer of the Parliament, “recall initiating notice” is to be construed in accordance with section 5(2A), 30 “recall petition” has the meaning given by section 6(1A), “recall poll” has the meaning given by section 17A(2), “recall termination notice” has the meaning given by section 9(1)(a), “region” means a region in relation to elections for membership of the Parliament provided for by schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998, 35 “returning officer” is to be construed in accordance with section 5(2A), “working day” means a day that is not— (a) a Saturday or Sunday, 22 Scottish Parliament (Recall of Members) Bill Part 3—Final provisions (b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Easter Monday, (c) a day which is a bank...