299U.K.Section 26 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (definitions) is amended as follows—
(a)that section becomes subsection (1) of section 26;
(b)in that subsection for “by the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”;
(c)after that subsection insert—
“(2)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.”