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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.