(1)Section 238 of the 1975 Act (admission of appellant to bail) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), at the beginning there shall be inserted “ Subject to subsection (1A) below, ”.
(3)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)The High Court shall not admit a convicted person to bail under subsection (1) above unless—
(a)where he is the appellant and has not lodged a note of appeal in accordance with section 233(1)(a) of this Act, the application for bail states reasons why it should be granted and sets out the proposed grounds of appeal; or
(b)where the Lord Advocate is the appellant, the application for bail states reasons why it should be granted;
and, in either case, the High Court considers there to be exceptional circumstances justifying admitting the convicted person to bail.”.