18Police Cadets

18 Police Cadets (1) The Commissioner may, from time to time, appoint such persons as he considers necessary to be members of the Police Force with the rank of Police Cadet and, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, dismiss, discharge or suspend from duty for such period as he considers desirable, a Police Cadet. (2) A member who is a Police Cadet shall not be required to take the oath under section 26 in relation to the exercise of his powers as a Police Cadet. (3) Subject to subsection (4), a power conferred by this Act, or any other law in force in the Territory, on a member of the Police Force by virtue of his being such a member shall not be exercised by a member who is a Police Cadet. (4) Where a member of the Police Force who is a Police Cadet is appointed to be a Special Constable under this Part the member may, during the period of that appointment, exercise the powers of a member of the Police Force as provided by this Act and the terms and conditions of his appointment. (5) An appointment of a person to be a member of the Police Force with the rank, on appointment, of Constable shall not be made if there is a Police Cadet who is qualified for promotion to that rank.