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Requirement · part of 4.4.2.4. The advancement is reported to the local council

4.4.2.4. Ranks must not be presented until it is reported

Required May not apply Often forgotten

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Has the board been held, and how did it go?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Written as a prohibition rather than as an order of preference. A ship that hands over the badge at the next meeting and files the report afterwards has done these two steps the wrong way round.

Warning. The Guide puts this in the particulars for Apprentice through Able, in the imperative: ranks must not be presented until the advancement is reported to the local council. Prompt recognition is encouraged everywhere else in the Sea Scout section, but the report comes first.

Where this step comes from

  1. Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 4.4.2.4, item 5 · Ranks must not be presented until the advancement is reported to the local council.

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