Acting District Court Judge Appointed MICHAEL HARDIE BOYS, Governor-General Pursuant to section 10a of the District Courts Act 1947,I, the Right Honourable Sir Michael Hardie Boys, Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby appoint Michael Frederick Hobbs, retired District Court Judge to be an Acting District Court Judge, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand, and to exercise the criminal jurisdiction of the District Courts under Part IIA of the District Courts Act 1947, at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to the said section 10a of the District Courts Act 1947, for a term of 12 months on and from the 27th day of November 1998. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor- General, signed this 31st day of August 1998. D. A. M. GRAHAM, Minister of Justice.