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South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995)

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South African Police Service Employment Regulations, 2018

Chapter 4 : Employment Matters

Part 2 : Remuneration and other service benefits

32. Leave

 

The National Commissioner must—

 

(1)

(a) encourage an employee to fully utilise his or her annual leave in the leave cycle earned;
(b) record all leave taken by an employee accurately and in full; and
(c) ensure that an employee does not abuse sick leave.

 

(2) The National Commissioner must submit to the Minister, for information purposes, a quarterly report on the annual leave plan for the leave cycle of  members at the level of Lieutenant General and higher.

 

(3) The National Commissioner must ensure that, in considering any application for leave, the operations of the Service will not be negatively affected by the granting of leave to such member.

 

(4) The Minister may request the National Commissioner to provide such information as may be necessary on the management of leave of the members referred to subregulation (2) to ensure that the operations of the Service are not negatively affected.