The Chief of Police or Deputy Chief in charge of the affected Bureau shall determine when acting time is necessary.
When it is necessary to appoint an employee to act in the place of a Sergeant, then the employee in the affected Section or Unit who stands highest on the promotional list to be promoted and who is eligible for promotion to Sergeant shall be given the acting time. In the event there is no list, then the employee in the affected Section or Unit who has the most seniority shall be given the acting time.
Acting time shall be paid for the actual number of hours worked at the starting rate of a Sergeant, until such time as the employee has served one thousand and forty (1,040) hours of acting time, after which the employee shall be paid at the full rate of a Sergeant.