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Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 46. In section 45(2) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (computation of sentence where bail granted on appeal to House of Lords) for the words “admitted to” there shall be substituted the word “granted” and for the words “at large after being so admitted” there shall be substituted the words “released on bail”. Children and Young Persons Act 1969 47. In section 29 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, (release or further detention of arrested child or young person), for subsection (2), there shall be substituted the following:
 * “(2) Where a parent or guardian enters into a recognizance to secure that the child or young person appears at the hearing of the charge, the recognizance may, if the said officer thinks fit, be conditioned for the attendance of the parent or guardian at the hearing in addition to the person arrested.”;

and subsection (6) shall be omitted. Courts Act 1971 48.—(1) Section 13 of the Courts Act 1971 (bail in the Crown Court) shall be amended as follows.

(2) At the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “Any direction to appear and” and after the words “specified in the”, there shall be inserted the word “direction.”.

(3) In subsection (4), for the words preceding the paragraphs there shall be substituted the words “The Crown Court may grant bail to any person—”, and for the words “admitted to” there shall be substituted the words “released on”.

(4) For subsection (5)(a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
 * “(a) except in the case of bail in criminal proceedings, allowing the court, instead of requiring a person to enter into a recognizance, to consent to his giving other security.”

(5) At the end of subsection (6) there shall be added the following words—
 * “Provided that in the case of bail in criminal proceedings, the person arrested shall not be required to enter into a recognizance.”

(6) At the end of the section there shall be added the following subsection—
 * “(10) In this section ‘bail in criminal proceedings’ has the same meaning as in the Bail Act 1976”.