(1) During the first year of employment the amount of annual leave an Employee may take at any time is limited to the amount deemed to have accrued at that time, less the amount of annual leave already taken during that year.

(2) For the purpose of this Article annual leave is deemed to accrue over the Employee's first year of employment at the rate of one-twelfth of the amount specified in Article 25(1) on the first day of each month of that year.