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Article 3 1. Every person to whom this Convention applies shall be entitled after twelve months of continuous service to an annual vacation holiday with pay, the duration of which shall be — (a) In the case of masters, officers and radio officers or operators, not less than eighteen working days for each year of service ; (b) In the case of other members of the crew, not less than twelve working days. for each year of service. 2. A person with not less than six months of continuous service shall on leaving* such service be entitled in respect of each complete month of service to one and a half working days' leave in the case of a master, officer, or radio officer or operator, and one working day's leave in the case of another member of the crew. 3. A person who is discharged through no fault of his own before he has completed six months of continuous service shall on leaving such service be entitled in respect of each complete month of service to one and a half working days' leave m the case of a master, officer, or radio officer or operator, and one working day's leave in the case of another member of the crew. 4. For the purpose of calculating when a vacation holiday is due—(a) Service, off articles shall be included in the reckoning of continuous service ; (b) Short interruptions of service not due to the act or fault of the employee and not exceeding a total of six weeks in any twelve months shall not be deemed to break the continuity of the periods of service which precede and follow them ; (c) Continuity of service shall not be deemed to be interrupted by any "change m the management or ownership of the vessel or vessels in which the person concerned has served. 5. The following shall not be included in the annual vacation holiday with pay (a) Public and customary holidays ; (b) Interruptions of service due to sickness or injury. 6. National laws or regulations or collective agreements may provide for the division into parts of an annual vacation holiday due in virtue of this Convention or for the accumulation of such a vacation holiday due in respect of one year with a subsequent vacation holiday. 7. National laws or regulations or collective agreements may, in very exceptional circumstances when the service so requires, provide for the substitution for an annual vacation holiday due in virtue of this Convention of a cash payment at least equivalent to the remuneration provided for in Article 5. Article 4 1. When an annual vacation holiday is due it shall be given by mutual agreement at the first opportunity as the requirements of the service allow. 2. No person may be required without his consent to take the annual vacation holiday due to him at a port other than a port in the territory of engagement or a port in his home territory. Subject to this requirement, the vacation holiday shall be given at a port permitted by national laws or regulations or collective agreement. Article 5 1. Every person taking a vacation holiday in virtue of Article 3 of this Convention shall receive in respect of the full period of the vacation holiday his usual remuneration. 2. The usual remuneration payable in virtue of the preceding paragraph shall include a suitable subsistence allowance and shall be calculated in a manner which shall be prescribed by national laws or regulations or fixed by collective agreement.

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