Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1 U.K. Amendments

International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17) U.K.

299 U.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.”