Acting District Court Judges 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, and to exercise the criminal jurisdiction of the District Courts 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, for a term of 12 months on and from 27 November 1996, and Douglas John Tucker, retired District Court Judge to be an Acting District Court Judge, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction, at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, for a term of 12 months on and from 27 November 1996. Dated at Wellington this 13th day of November 1996. D. A. M. GRAHAM, Minister of Justice.