44(1)Section 29 of the [1991 c. 53.] Criminal Justice Act 1991 (as substituted by section 66(6) of the [1993 c. 36.] Criminal Justice Act 1993) (effect of previous convictions and offending while on bail and treatment of certain orders as sentences and convictions) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (4), for the words “conditional discharge order” there shall be substituted the words “an order discharging the offender absolutely or conditionally”.
(3)After subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(5)A conditional discharge order made after 30th September 1992 (which, by virtue of section 1A of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, would otherwise not be a sentence for the purposes of this section) is to be treated as a sentence for those purposes.
(6)A conviction in respect of which an order discharging the offender absolutely or conditionally was made after 30th September 1992 (which, by virtue of section 1C of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, would otherwise not be a conviction for those purposes) is to be treated as a conviction for those purposes.”.
(4)The amendments made by this paragraph shall apply in relation to offenders convicted (but not sentenced) before the date on which this paragraph comes into force as they apply in relation to offenders convicted after that date.