S.L. 220.3 Art. 8Acting rank.

(1) Acting rank may be granted only by the Commander to an officer who is selected to fill a vacancy above his substantive rank in an approved establishment on a permanent or semi-permanent basis.

(2) Where acting rank is held for more than twenty-one consecutive days, pay of a higher rank shall be authorised from the date of assumption of the acting rank.

(3) Acting rank shall be relinquished when the appointment in the establishment is downgraded or when the officer ceases to fill the appointment for which he was given acting rank.