S.L. 220.3 Art. 49Annual leave.

(1) The leave year shall begin on the 1st April of one year and end on the 31st March of the following year.

(2) Subject to the exigencies of the service, the entitlement to annual leave shall be as follows:

(a) Officers - 42 days in respect of a full year’s service

(b) Sergeants and above - 42 days in respect of a full year’s service

(c) Corporals and below - 30 days in respect of a full year’s service.

(3) When it is necessary to postpone, or stop leave or recall individuals already on leave, the reasons shall be explained to the person concerned.

(4) Individuals entering or leaving the service during the leave year shall be eligible for leave on a proportionate basis; and where the rank of an individual is changed during a leave year, leave entitlement shall be assessed in proportion to the period of service in each rank.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation:

(a) references to a rank include references to substantive, acting and local rank,

(b) periods in detention or forfeited periods of service shall not count as service for the purpose of reckoning a man’s eligibility for annual leave.