The phrase "acts in place of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is substituting for another person or thing in a specific role or function.
Example: "In the absence of the manager, the assistant acts in place of her to ensure the meeting runs smoothly."
Alternatives: "serves as a substitute for" or "functions as a replacement for".
The council, made up of eight owners and the two league presidents and chaired by Selig, acts in place of the commissioner.
Tells how the present operation of the government undermines democracy and how the Supreme Court acts in place of the executive and legislative branches.
The system uses no external pump or ventilator, which could overload a baby's underdeveloped organs; instead, the baby's heart pumps blood through the umbilical cord into a low-resistance external oxygenator, which acts in place of a placenta in swapping out oxygen and carbon dioxide.
In the case of Toxoplasma cell division, the basal complex acts in place of an actin-independent contractile ring in the late stages of cell division.
Acting in place of a bow, the edge of the rosined wheel causes the six strings to vibrate when cranked.
The law, passed last year, allowed the state to appoint a receiver to act in place of local officials in Central Falls, which declared fiscal insolvency in May.
Parents with cash to burn could pay to have a test taker sit in on the SAT or ACT in place of their teenagers.
On Tuesday Carmody acted in place of De Jersey, who was on leave, by receiving the premier Campbell Newman for election formalities at government house.
"The trees act in place of natural plant growth," said Charlie Peek, a spokesman for the parks service in North Carolina, which has been using Christmas trees to spur dune revival for years.
That is this case: Congress specified that Exchanges should be established and run by the states, but the contingency provision permits federal officials to act in place of the state when it fails to establish an Exchange.
Job: chairman, Channel 4 Age: 68 Industry: broadcasting 2011 ranking: 77 With the double act in place of chief executive David Abraham and programmes supremo Jay Hunt, Lord Burns – the life peer formerly known as Whitehall's "Lord Fixit" – is sitting pretty in his part-time job as Channel 4 chairman.
