Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Acting District Court Judges Appointed

Pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947,
His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint
David James Robert Holderness, 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 2A 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 two years on
and from 1 February 2008; and
Dale Fleur Clarkson, retired District Court Judge
to be an Acting District Court Judge, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand, 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, and also to exercise the jurisdiction of the Family Courts pursuant to section 7 of the Family Courts Act 1980, for a term of two years on and from
20 February 2008.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2007.
MICHAEL CULLEN, Attorney-General.