(1)  Any period of long service leave to which an employee is entitled is in addition to any recreation leave or sick leave to which the employee may be entitled under any other enactment.

(2)  Recreation leave is not, except with the permission of the council, to be granted to an employee under any other enactment in respect of the calendar year in which any period of long service leave granted to that employee under section 227 commences.

(3)  If recreation leave has been granted to any employee in the calendar year in which any period of long service leave granted to that employee under section 227 commences, that recreation leave, unless the council otherwise directs, is to be regarded as part of the period of long service leave granted to the employee under that section.

(4)  The period during which an employee is absent on long service leave –

(a) is to be included as part of the employee's period of employment; and

(b) subject to subsection (1) , is to be taken into account for the purposes of –

(i) determining the salary payable on return to duty; and

(ii) any recreation leave or sick leave to which the employee is entitled under any other enactment.