The Court of Appeal may, subject to section 25 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, if they think fit,—
(a) grant an appellant bail pending the determination of his appeal; or
(b) revoke bail granted to an appellant by the Crown Court under paragraph (f) of section 81(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 or paragraph (a) above; or
(c) vary the conditions of bail granted to an appellant in the exercise of the power conferred by either of those paragraphs.
The powers conferred by subsection (1) above may be exercised—
(a) on the application of an appellant; or
(b) if it appears to the registrar of criminal appeals of the Court of Appeal (hereafter referred to as "the registrar") that any of them ought to be exercised, on a reference to the court by him.