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Indictments Act 1915 8. In section 5(5)(c) of the Indictments Act 1915 (bail where separate trial or postponed trial ordered) for the words “admitting the accused person to bail” there shall be substituted the words “granting the accused person bail”.

Children and Young Persons Act 1933 9. In section 13(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (police bail for person arrested for serious offence against juvenile) for the words from “on his entering” to the end there shall be substituted the words “on bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976 subject to a duty to appear at the hearing of the charge”.

Public Order Act 1936 10. In section 1(2) of the Public Order Act 1936 (right to release on bail in certain circumstances of persons charged with wearing uniforms in public), for the words “discharged from custody on entering into a recognizance” there shall be substituted the words “released on bail”.

Criminal Justice Act 1948 11.—(1) Section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (powers of High Court to grant bail on appeals against and other proceedings questioning convictions or sentences) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), in paragraph (b), for the words “release on bail” there shall be substituted the words “grant bail to”.

(3) In subsection (1), for paragraph (d), there shall be substituted the following—
 * “(d) the High Court may grant bail to a person who has been convicted or sentenced by a magistrates' court and has applied to the High Court for an order of certiorari to remove the proceedings into the High Court or has applied to the High Court for leave to make such an application;”.

(4) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
 * “(1A) Where the court grants bail to a person under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) above—
 * (a) the time at which he is to appear in the event of the conviction or sentence not being quashed by the High Court shall be such time within ten days after the judgment of the High Court has been given as may be specified by the High Court; and
 * (b) the place at which he is to appear in that event shall be a magistrates’ court acting for the same petty sessions area as the court which convicted or sentenced him.”

(5) In subsection (6), for the words “admitted to” wherever occurring there shall be substituted the words “released on”.