Aug 93
CHAPTER VIII LEAVE
Rules for taking annual leave
1232 (1) Officers on permanent terms
Subject to the exigencies of the service, an officer may apply to take annual leave at any time during a 12-month eligibility period. The rules for taking annual leave are given in (a) to
(g) below.
(a) An officer is not eligible for annual leave in the last eligibility period of his final tour before proceeding on pre-retirement leave, irrespective of the duration of the eligibility period.
(b)
Annual leave should be taken in whole days and in one lot. Officers on the Directorate Pay Scale or equivalent may split their annual leave and passage subject to the provisions in Annex 9.2 to Civil Service Regulations.
(c) Annual leave should be spent outside Hong Kong and
Macau except as provided in CSR 1237.
(d)
(e)
(£)
Annual leave may not be accumulated. Any untaken days of annual leave lapse except as provided in
CSR 1235.
The approving authority in CSR 1231 may, at his discretion, allow an officer taking annual leave to combine his annual leave with his other ea med leave. Such combined leave should not exceed 60 days (64 days in the case of an officer on 90% pensionability) except as otherwise approved by the Secretary for the Civil Service. In the case of an officer re-employed after retirement under CSRS 270, 275 or 277 with a balance of leave deferred to be taken when he finally leaves the service, he may apply for the deferred leave to be used for this purpose provided that he has used up his eamed casual and vacation leave. The leave approving authority should ensure that when such combined leave is approved, the Director of Accounting Services is informed of the salary and pension/gratuity which the deferred leave should attract.
The approving authority
authority in CSR 1231 may approve deferment of annual leave (and split annual leave if applicable) to the next annual leave eligibility period on operational grounds. Deferment of annual leave (or split annual leave) on personal grounds may also be approved provided that the deferred leave commences within the first 90 days of the next annual leave eligibility period.
Amendment No. 33/93
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