(1) Enrolled persons shall be assessed for character by the Commanding Officer under one of the following terms on the occasions prescribed in rule 26 :— Very Good, to be written V.G.
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Fair, to be written Fair Indifferent, to be written Indifferent Bad, to be written Bad
(2) In assessing the character of an enrolled person, the Commanding Officer shall consult the Executive Officer and the Divisional Officer of the enrolled person as well as any other officer who may have special knowledge of the person. He shall fully consider all the entries on page 29 of the service book of the person since the date of the last character assessment and his general character and efficiency.
(3) Where an enrolled person has been transferred from another ship, or has been embarked, immediately preceeding the 31st December, the Commanding Officer shall take into consideration the remarks made on his Divisional/Departmental Officers, remarks sheet and assessment of conduct.
(4) Where an enrolled person has been temporarily transferred for any course and is to return to the parent ship, the assessment shall be made by the parent ship.
(5) The actual character assessment to be given to any enrolled person shall be at the discretion of the Commanding Officer, subject to the maximum assessments prescribed in rules 20 to 25 and to any inferior assessment already approved. Any assessment which is below the maximum allowable, for example, "Good" when "Very Good" or "Very Good (Star)", is permissible or "Fair" when "Good" is permissible, shall be underlined by the Commanding Officer in order that there may be no question that the assessment has been made advisedly. When considering such discretionary assessments, the Commanding Officer shall bear in mind that any discretionary assessment involves a break in the continuity of the enrolled person's "Very Good" conduct and therefore has an adverse effect on the award or restoration of badges, and on promotion.
(6) If a sentence be quashed, the sentence originally awarded shall not effect the maximum character assessment for which the enrolled person is otherwise eligible.
(7) If a sentence be reduced, the enrolled person shall be eligible for the maximum character assessment applicable to the reduced sentence.
(8) If a sentence be suspended before a committal order is issued, the effect upon character entailed by the infliction of the suspended sentence shall also be regarded as suspended.
(9) With the exception in sub-rules (6) to (8) the maximum character assessment shall be governed by the sentence as awarded and shall not be affected by remission earned by the offender or granted by the Government, or by discharge of the offender from prison or detention under section 103 of the Act.
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(10) A conviction by the civil authority shall not be taken into consideration in the assessment of character, unless an inferior character was either specially approved or was entailed by any other consequential Coast Guard penalty following conviction by the civil authority as per rule 18.