Her Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint:

The Honourable Christopher Aidan Penk

to the Office of Acting Attorney-General for the purpose of exercising those law officer functions of the Attorney-General relating to the reclassification of special patients under the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 or the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 and reporting to the House of Representatives on the consistency of proposed legislation under section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, when the Attorney-General is overseas or otherwise temporarily unavailable, and for the purpose of exercising all law officer functions of the Attorney-General including reporting to the House of Representatives on the consistency of any proposed legislation under section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and advising on rule of law considerations in relation to specified significant policy initiatives in the name of Hon Christopher Bishop and in relation to matters where Hon Christopher Bishop has a conflict of interest.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of May 2026.

By Command:
RACHEL HAYWARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.