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 * (b) the exercise of any power to issue and the execution of a warrant for the arrest of such a person for breach of his recognizance after the appointed day;
 * (c) the exercise of any power to enlarge the recognizance of such a person and of any surety for him to a later time in the absence of that person and his surety (if any);
 * (d) the exercise of any power to vary any conditions on which a person was granted bail before the appointed day or to reduce the amount in which he or any surety is to be bound or to discharge or dispense with any of the sureties;

and no application shall be made under section 3(8) of this Act for the variation of conditions of bail so granted or for the imposition of conditions in respect of bail so granted.

2. Where, before the appointed day, a court has—
 * (a) given a direction that the recognizance of a person to whom it has granted bail may be entered into before another court or any person, or
 * (b) endorsed a warrant for the arrest of a person with a direction that he be released on his entering into such a recognizance as is specified in the endorsement,

the recognizance may be entered into and taken after the appointed day in accordance with the direction and paragraph 1 above shall apply to such a recognizance as it applies to a recognizance entered into before the appointed day.

3. Where a person has been granted bail before the appointed day and his recognizance (and that of any surety for him) is conditioned for his appearance before a court from time to time, then, on his first appearance before a court after the appointed day—
 * (a) the recognizance of that person shall be discharged; and
 * (b) the recognizance of any surety for him shall, as directed by the court, either be discharged or continue in force.

4. In this Schedule “the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 13(2) of this Act for it to come into force. PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY PAUL FREEMAN Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament Reprinted in the Standard Parliamentary Page Size. Printed in the United Kingdom for HMSO