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(b) An Acting Leading Seaman is required to undergo a period of not
less than seven days' Naval training in the acting rate to be eligible for
confirmation.

(c) Acting Leading Seamen may also be ordered to revert before
the expiration of the one year probationary period, but, except for
misconduct, this is not to be done without the approval of the Naval
Board, to whom the circumstances should be fully reported.

(d) Ratings disrated for misconduct or reverted for unsuitability,
and subsequently readvanced, will be subject to the provisions of this
article without regard to their previous service as Acting Leading Seamen.

(e) To be eligible for advancement an Able Seaman must—
(i) Have completed two years’ service as an Able Seaman:
(ii) Have performed not less than fourteen days’ Naval training in a
seagoing vessel as an Able Seaman:
(iii) Have qualified in gunnery and mine-sweeping:
(iv) Have passed in seamanship for Leading Seaman before a Board
of Active Service Officers:
(v) Have passed the provisional swimming test.
(f) The professional and mine-sweeping examinations for Leading
Seamen may be taken by an Able Seaman at the conclusion of any
period of sea training.

(3) Leading Seaman to Petty Officer.—(a) Advancement to the rating
of Petty Officer will be by selection, and is to be on an “acting” basis
for a minimum period of one year, during which the rating is to be
regarded as on probation. At the end of this probationary period the
rating may, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer of the Division,
be confirmed as Petty Officer, provided that he has carried out the training
laid down in clause (b), or be required to serve further probationary
acting time, or be reverted to Leading Seaman.

(b) An Acting Petty Officer is required to undergo a period of not less
than seven days’ Naval training in the acting rate to be eligible for
confirmation.

(c) Acting Petty Officers may also be ordered to revert before the
expiration of the one year probationary period, but, except for misconduct,
this is not to be done without the approval of the Naval Board, to whom
the circumstances should be fully reported.

(d) Ratings disrated for misconduct or reverted for unsuitability,
and subsequently readvanced, will be subject to the provisions of this
article without regard to their previous service as Acting Petty Officers.

(e) To be eligible for advancement, a Leading Seaman must—
(i) Have completed three years’ service as Leading Seaman,
including acting time:
(ii) Have performed not less than twenty-one days’ Naval training
in a seagoing vessel, including fourteen days’ training (seven
days obligatory and seven days voluntary) in a cruiser, as
Leading Seaman:
(iii) Have passed in seamanship for Petty Officer before a Board of
Active Service Officers, the examination to be held at the
conclusion of the training laid down in clause (ii):
(iv) Have been recommended for Petty Officer by the Commanding
Officer of the cruiser in which Naval training has been
performed.

(4) Petty Officer to Chief Petty Officer.—Advancement to Chief Petty
Officer will be by selection, and will be made by the Naval Board. To
be eligible for advancement a Petty Officer must:—
(a) Be recommended by the Commanding Officer of the ship in which
the last period of Naval training was performed:
(b) Have completed at least three years in present rate including
“acting” time.

(5) Signal and Telegraphist Ratings, Class D.—(i) Ordinary Signalman
and Ordinary Telegraphist : Ratings who on enrolment volunteer for
the communications branches under the provisions of Article 30,
paragraph 2, will at the first opportunity perform seven days’ obligatory
followed by seven days’ voluntary training in a cruiser. On completion of
this period of training they may be rated Ordinary Signalman or Ordinary
Telegraphist with their original seniority as Ordinary Seamen, provided
they attain the necessary standard. They are not to wear branch
distinguishing badges nor are they to be sent to sea as V/S or W/T
ratings until they are so rated.

(ii) Advancement to Signalman or Telegraphist : To qualify for
advancement Ordinary Signalmen or Ordinary Telegraphists must—
(a) Have completed one year’s service as Ordinary Seaman, Signalman,
or Telegraphist: