The current annual Leave Policy has two very different periods for booking leave. Long notice leave is defined as a period between 3 months and 15 months prior the desired leave period. Short notice is defined as leave booked with less then 3 months notice.

Long Notice - allows for abstraction rate of 25% of establishment not taking cognisance of any other abstraction

Short Notice - allows for abstraction rate of 35% of actual resources taking into account all abstractions