THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 42 of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005[1], have made the following Regulations –

“(2)    A politically eligible States’ employee shall take leave for the period commencing with the day of his or her public nomination for office and ending with whichever is the earlier of –

(a)     his or her resignation from employment as a States’ employee; or

(b)     his or her return to work under Article 37(3).

(2A)   If –

(a)     a politically eligible States’ employee has insufficient annual and other leave accrued, in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, that the employee may take to comply with paragraph (2); or

(b)     the employee does not wish to take all or any of that leave to comply with paragraph (2),

the employee shall be granted unpaid special leave for so much of the period described in paragraph (2) for which the employee does not take annual or accrued leave.

(3)     If a politically eligible States’ employee who is required to make contributions under any pension scheme established under the Public Employees (Retirement) (Jersey) Law 1967 or the Teachers’ Superannuation (Jersey) Law 1979 is granted unpaid special leave under paragraph (2A) –

(a)     notwithstanding any requirement of the pension scheme, neither the employee nor his or her employer shall make contributions under the pension scheme whilst the employee is on such leave; and

(b)     the period for which the employee is on such leave shall be disregarded in determining the employee’s period of pensionable service for the purposes of the pension scheme.”.