PA Media.Under the current system, only nine former laws are included in the list of convictions that can be disregarded. The British government said that those laws “largely focused on the repealed offenses of buggery and gross indecency between men.”Those convicted under those nine now-invalid laws can apply to have the conviction erased from their record.
In a new amendment to the country’s Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill, the offense to be listed to be disregarded will be broadened to any charge imposed only due to consensual same-sex sexual activity.People whose convictions have been wiped will receive automatic pardons.