(1) The Authority may, after consultation with the Commissioner of Police and subject to standing orders made by the Authority, appoint persons to be port constables.
(2) Such standing orders shall provide for the terms and conditions, and the suspension and termination, of appointment of persons as port constables.
(3) Every port constable shall in the execution of his or her duty under section 74, have all the protection, exercise all the powers, and be liable to the same responsibilities and discipline as a police officer.
(4) Assaulting or obstructing a port constable in the execution of his or her duty shall be punishable in the same way as assaulting or obstructing a police officer in the execution of his or her duty.