Section 15D

Leave to which a worker is entitled under regulation 15B may be taken in instalments but, subject to the exceptions in paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (6), it may only be taken in the leave year that it accrues. A relevant agreement may provide for part of the annual leave to which a worker is entitled under regulation 15B to be carried forward into the leave year immediately following the leave year in which it accrued. Where, as a result of taking a period of statutory leave in any leave year, a worker is unable to take some or all of the annual leave to which the worker is entitled in that leave year under regulation 15B, the worker is entitled to carry forward such untaken leave into the following leave year. Where, as a result of taking a period of sick leave in any leave year, a worker is unable to take some or all of the annual leave to which the worker is entitled in that leave year under regulation 15B, the worker is entitled to carry forward such untaken leave into the following leave year provided it is taken by the end of the period of 18 months from the end of the leave year in which the entitlement originally arose. Paragraph (6) applies where, in any leave year, an employer fails to— recognise a worker’s right to annual leave under regulation 15B or to payment for that leave in accordance with regulation 16; give the worker a reasonable opportunity to take the leave to which the worker is entitled under regulation 15B or encourage them to do so; or inform the worker that any leave not taken by the end of the leave year, which cannot be carried forward, will be lost. Where this paragraph applies and subject to paragraph (7), the worker is entitled to carry forward any annual leave to which the worker is entitled under regulation 15B which is untaken in that leave year or has been taken but not paid in accordance with regulation 16. Annual leave that has been carried forward pursuant to paragraph (6) cannot be carried forward beyond the end of the first full leave year in which paragraph (6) does not apply.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04