D14.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in these regulations, a pensionable employee whose remuneration is suspended owing to leave of absence from duty on account of illness or injury shall be deemed to have ceased his employment as a pensionable employee from the date on which his remuneration was so suspended except for the purposes of regulations E2, E5(1)(c), E6(2)(b), E7, E8, E10, E11(1)(a) and (d), E12 and E17.
(2) Where a person ceases or is deemed by virtue of paragraph (1) to have ceased his employment as a pensionable employee on account of illness or injury, no account shall be taken of any period during which he is incapable of resuming employment as a pensionable employee or a period of 2 years, whichever is the less, in determining whether—
(a)he has entered employment as a pensionable employee within 12months after leaving that previous employment; or
(b)for the purposes of regulation E28(1) and Part I of Schedule 15 he has had such break in employment as is referred to therein:
Provided that—
the said period of 2 years may be extended to such longer period as the Committee may in any particular case allow; and
in the case of a person mentioned in paragraph (1) who ceases to be employed whilst his remuneration is suspended and whilst he is incapable of resuming his employment, the period during which his remuneration is suspended and any further consecutive period during which he is incapable of resuming employment as a pensionable employee shall be aggregated for the purposes of this paragraph.