25Absence of employees due to injury sustained, or illness contracted, in the course of employment

25 Absence of employees due to injury sustained, or illness contracted, in the course of employment

(1)  If the relevant Head of Agency is satisfied that an employee is absent from duty as a result of an injury sustained, or an illness contracted, in the course of and arising out of the employee’s employment as an employee and not caused by the default of the employee, the relevant Head of Agency may, subject to subregulation (2) , grant to the employee leave of absence on full pay without prejudice to any leave to which the employee may be otherwise entitled.

(2)  A period of leave of absence granted to an employee under subregulation (1) is not to be more than 52 weeks in respect of the same injury or illness.