Officers in the Department of Corrections Authorised to Take Statutory Declarations Pursuant to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, I hereby authorise the holders for the time being of the offices in the service of the Crown specified in the Schedule below to take statutory declarations under the said Act. Schedule Department of Corrections All superintendents public prisons service. All regional managers public prisons service. All general managers public prisons service. Dated at Wellington this 21st day of September 1999. TONY RYALL, Minister of Justice.