5722 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 234

Appointments to the Rules Committee

Pursuant to subsection (2) of section 51B of the Judicature Act 1908 as enacted by section 4 of the Judicature Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985 the Chief Justice of New Zealand has appointed

The Honourable Richard Ian Barker of Auckland, and The Honourable Johann Thomas Eichelbaum of Wellington, both Judges of the High Court of New Zealand,
Edmund Walter Thomas, Esquire, of Auckland, one of Her Majesty's Counsel, and
John Anthony Doogue, Esquire, of Nelson, Barrister

to be members of the Rules Committee, to hold office for the term of 3 years commencing on the 1st day of January 1986.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of December 1985.
GEOFFREY PALMER, Attorney-General.

Appointments to the Rules Committee of Members for a Special Purpose

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 51B of the Judicature Act 1908 as enacted by section 4 of the Judicature Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985 the Chief Justice of New Zealand has appointed

Robert Andrew McGechan, Esquire, of Wellington, one of Her Majesty's Counsel and
George Paterson Barton of Wellington, Barrister

to be members of the Rules Committee, for the special purpose of collating accumulated amendments to the High Court Rules 1985 and of assimilating to the procedure introduced by those Rules the procedure hitherto followed under miscellaneous statutes other than the Judicature Act 1908.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of December 1985.
GEOFFREY PALMER, Attorney-General.

Member of the Carter Observatory Board Appointed

Pursuant to the Carter Observatory Act amended by the Carter Observatory Amendments of 1972, 1977 and 1981, I have appointed the following persons to be members of the Carter Observatory Board for the terms set out against their respective names:

Arthur Ellis Kinsella, B.A., M.A., until 31 December 1986,
Harry Joseph Trodahl, M.Sc.C., P.H.D., until 31 December 1985,
Malcolm Arthur Shellock, A.C.A., A.C.I.S., J.P., until 31 December 1990,
John Hearnshaw, P.H.D., until 31 December 1990.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of December 1985.
R. J. TIZARD, Minister of Science and Technology.

Appointment to the Medical Research Council of New Zealand

Pursuant to section 4 (1) of the Medical Research Council Act 1956 (as amended by section 3 (1) of the Medical Research Council Amendment Act 1965 and by section 2 of the Medical Research Council Amendment Act 1981), His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint:

James Kempster Guthrie, B.A., L.L.B.

as a member of the Medical Research Council of New Zealand for a term of 3 years, commencing 1 October 1984.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 1985.
MICHAEL BASSETT, Minister of Health.

Tobacco Board Election Regulations 1975—Election of Tobacco Manufacturers' Representative for Appointment as a Member of the Tobacco Board

Pursuant to regulation 8 (5) of the Tobacco Board Election Regulations 1975, I hereby declare

David John Weaver to be elected and deemed nominated by the New Zealand Tobacco Manufacturers' Federation (Incorporated) for appointment by the Minister of Trade and Industry, as a manufacturers' representative to the Tobacco Board for the purpose of section 4 (1) of the Tobacco Growing Industry Act 1974.

Dated this 12th day of December 1985.
DAVID CAYGILL, Minister of Trade and Industry.

Officer Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

Pursuant to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, as amended by the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 1972, I have authorised the officer in the service of the Crown named in the Schedule below to take and receive statutory declarations under the said Act.

SCHEDULE

COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Executive Officer Administration.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December 1985.
GEOFFREY PALMER, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/2/(6))

Officers Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

Pursuant to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, as amended by the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 1972, I have authorised the officers in the service of the Crown named in the Schedule below to take and receive statutory declarations under the said Act.

SCHEDULE

POST OFFICE

Postmaster, Centreplace.
Assistant Manager, Property, Chief Postmaster's Office, Hamilton.
Investigation Officer, Chief Postmaster's Office, Wanganui.
Supervisor, Postal, Pukekohe.
Supervisor, Savings, Pukekohe.
Supervising Overseer, Construction Branch, Feilding.
Manager, Administration Data Control, Electronic Data Processing, Post Office, Headquarters.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of December 1985.
GEOFFREY PALMER, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/26)

Officers Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

Pursuant to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, as amended by the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 1972, I have authorised the officers in the service of the Crown named in the Schedule below to take and receive statutory declarations under the said Act.

SCHEDULE

HOUSING CORPORATION

Senior Loans Officer, Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December 1985.
GEOFFREY PALMER, Minister of Justice.
(Adm. 3/28/3/15 (6))

Revocation of Appointment of Officers Authorised to Take and Receive Statutory Declarations

Pursuant to section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, as amended by the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 1972, I