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46 Schedule 1—Supplementary provisions relating to the ICC :(b) has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Proof of orders, etc. of the ICC

5 (1) An order, judgment, warrant or request of the ICC which purports—
 * (a) to bear the seal of the ICC, or
 * (b) to be signed by a person in his capacity as a judge or officer of the ICC,

shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or, as the case may be, to have been signed by that person.

(2) A document, duly authenticated, which purports to be a copy of an order, judgment, warrant or request of the ICC shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed without further proof to be a true copy.For this purpose a document is duly authenticated if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge or officer of the ICC.

Evidence about ICC proceedings and orders

6 (1) For the purposes of this Act a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the ICC stating—
 * (a) that an investigation has been initiated by the Court, or that proceedings before the Court have been instituted and have not been concluded,
 * (b) that an order of the Court is in force and is not subject to appeal,
 * (c) that property recoverable under a forfeiture order made by the Court remains unrecovered, or
 * (d) that any person has been notified of any proceedings in accordance with the ICC Statute,is admissible in proceedings under this Act as evidence of the facts stated.

(2) In proceedings under Part 2, 3 or 4 of this Act a statement contained in a document, duly authenticated, which purports to have been received in evidence or to be a copy of a document so received, or to set out or summarise evidence given, in proceedings before the ICC is admissible as evidence of any fact stated in it.For this purpose a document is duly authenticated if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge or officer of the ICC, to have been received in evidence or to be a copy of a document so received, or, as the case may be, to be the original document setting out or summarising the evidence or a true copy of that document.

(3) Nothing in this paragraph affects the admission of any evidence, whether contained in a document or otherwise, which is admissible apart from this paragraph.

Pension provision for UK judges of ICC

7 (1) The appropriate Minister may by order make provision for securing that a holder of a United Kingdom judicial office who serves as a judge of the ICC is not worse off as regards pension benefits than if he had not been appointed to the ICC.

(2) The order may—