Pursuant to section 207 of the Employment Relations Act 2000, Her Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, has been pleased to appoint

Mark Eversfield Perkins, retiring Employment Court Judge

to be an Acting Judge of the Employment Court for a 12 month period commencing on 28 December 2017.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of August 2017.

Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, qc, Attorney-General.