Acting District Court Judge Appointed Pursuant to section 10a of the District Courts Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to 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 Court 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 1999. Dated at Wellington this 30th day of September 1999. D. A. M. GRAHAM, Attorney-General.