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
Barry Ronald Leslie Lovegrove, 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 section 10A of
the District Courts Act 1947, for a term of one year commencing on 16 February 2012; and
John David Hole, 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 section 10A of
the District Courts Act 1947, for a term of two years commencing on 9 February 2012; and
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 section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, for a term of two years commencing on 1 February 2012.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of November 2011.
HON CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, Attorney-General.