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at full pay — by 1 day.
     aa.                                                                                                                                                            If a full day of leave is taken at half pay — by 4 hours.
     b.                                                                                                                                                             If a half day of leave is taken at full pay — by 4 hours.
     Note: Section 5.4.31 details how leave may be taken at less than a full day.
1B.  Leave credits for a member subject to a flexible service determination are reduced for each day on which leave is taken in accordance with the following.
     a.                                                                                                                                                             If a full day of leave is taken at full pay — by the number of hours in the member's pattern of service on that day.
     aa.                                                                                                                                                            If a full day of leave is taken at half pay — by half the number of hours in the member's pattern of service on that day.
     b.                                                                                                                                                             If a half day of leave is taken at full pay — by half of the number of hours in the member's pattern of service for that day.
     Note: Section 5.4.31 details how leave may be taken at less than a full day.
2.   A grant of recreation leave reduces a member's combined recreation and war service leave credit balances in the following order.
     a.                                                                                                                                                             War service leave credits.
     b.                                                                                                                                                             Recreation leave credits donated under Division 9.
     c.                                                                                                                                                             Purchased recreation leave credits.
     d.                                                                                                                                                             Recreation leave credits, including additional recreation leave, and basic recreation leave.
3.   In this section, excess leave credits means having more than 50 recreation leave credits.

5.4.34 Expiration of recreation leave credits ('leave lapsing')

1.   If a member has a recreation leave credit that exceeds 90 days on the lapsing day, the recreation leave credit that exceeds 90 days expires on the lapsing day.
1A.  For the purpose of subsection 1, the lapsing day is the last payday before 30 June each year.
2.   The expiration of the member's leave credit is deferred by one additional year at a time if the CDF is satisfied that leave could not to be granted because the Commanding Officer needed the member to stay on duty to meet Service needs during the previous 3 years.
4.   For the purposes of this section, decisions about the CDF's own recreation leave may be made by the Minister.
5.   A member who holds a statutory appointment and who applies to have their recreation leave credit deferred and treated as recreation leave under this Part, is not eligible to have the leave credited as special leave under Part 9 Division 4, Special leave for private purposes.

5.4.35 Re-credit of recreation leave

1.  A member is re-credited recreation leave for any day all of the following are met.
    a.                                                                                                                                        They were on a period of recreation leave.
    b.