23Leave in special circumstances

23 Leave in special circumstances

(1)  The relevant Head of Agency may, subject to any Employment Direction, grant to an employee special leave of absence with pay –

(a) in the event of the serious illness of a relative of the employee; or

(b) in the case of other pressing necessity relating to the employee; or

(c) to enable the employee to participate in a sporting or cultural event at a national or international level; or

(d) if the employee has been subjected to family violence.

(2)  In any personal leave year –

(a) an employee who was an employee before 1 July 1990 may not be granted more than 5 working days, in the aggregate, of special leave of absence under this regulation; and

(b) any other employee may not be granted more than 3 working days, in the aggregate, of such special leave.