sec.12Community police officers

### sec.12 Community police officers The function of maintaining peace and good order in all parts of an indigenous local government area is that of persons who hold appointments for the time being as community police officers for the area. An indigenous local government may appoint such number of persons as it considers necessary for the peace and good order of its area and the indigenous local government shall equip the persons appointed with a uniform and such other marks of authority as it thinks fit to enable them to discharge their function. A person appointed under subsection (2) must have the qualifications prescribed under a regulation. Subsection (3) does not limit the issues the indigenous local government may consider when deciding whether to appoint someone under subsection (2) . In this section— qualifications includes knowledge, skills and experience. s 12 prev s 12 amd 1990 No. 80 s 3 sch 3 pt A sub 1990 No. 104 s 4 amd 1999 No. 53 s 35 sch om 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 pres s 12 amd 1999 No. 53 s 35 sch ; 2002 No. 46 s 3 (2) sch ; 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 59 s 13 ; 2011 No. 26 s 9 (sec.12-ssec.1) The function of maintaining peace and good order in all parts of an indigenous local government area is that of persons who hold appointments for the time being as community police officers for the area. (sec.12-ssec.2) An indigenous local government may appoint such number of persons as it considers necessary for the peace and good order of its area and the indigenous local government shall equip the persons appointed with a uniform and such other marks of authority as it thinks fit to enable them to discharge their function. (sec.12-ssec.3) A person appointed under subsection (2) must have the qualifications prescribed under a regulation. (sec.12-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not limit the issues the indigenous local government may consider when deciding whether to appoint someone under subsection (2) . (sec.12-ssec.5) In this section— qualifications includes knowledge, skills and experience.