1. a prefix to a
title meaning appointed conditionally and if shows good
statistics for a year will become of permanent
title.
(HCO PL 13 Mar 66) 2. if it is appointed from
Saint Hill why then that becomes an acting, which is the first
rank, and for a while the
post is held under an acting status and then is held in a full status. The acting is simply removed.
(SH Spec 61, 6505C18) 3. acting is prefixed to a
title until
checksheets are passed.
(FO 79) 4. where other posts are held without
qualification above the
rating of able bodied seaman or engineman first
class the
word acting will always be used in writing
title and name and these may not be written or used without acting before them, or the letter "A."
(LRH Def. Notes circa Aug 67)