PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 27
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 27
27 . Community officers
(1) The Commissioner
of Police may appoint a person to be a community officer.
(2) The appointment
must be in writing and for a term decided by the Commissioner.
(3) The appointment
may state that the person appointed may exercise the powers of a community
officer under this Act only in a place, or only in circumstances, specified in
the appointment.
(4) The Commissioner
is to issue a community officer with a certificate of appointment.
(5) The Commissioner,
at any time, may amend or cancel such an appointment.
(6) The Commissioner,
in writing, may delegate the functions in this section other than this power
of delegation.
(7) A person who is
appointed to be a community officer is not by virtue of the appointment a
public service officer under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 .
(8) The performance of
any function under this Act by a community officer is to be voluntary and for
no pay.
(9) For the purposes
of the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 —
(a) a
community officer, while performing functions under this Act, is to be
regarded as an employee of the Crown; and
(b) his
or her weekly earnings are to be taken to be the amount that the Minister
considers is reasonable in the circumstances.
[Section 27 amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 174.]