1.—(1) Subject to paragraph 3, a member suspended under the Conduct Regulations who—
(a)is detained in pursuance of a sentence of a court in a prison or other institution to which the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953(1) applies, or is in custody (whether in prison or elsewhere) between conviction by a court and sentence, or
(b)has absented himself from duty and whose whereabouts are unknown to the Chief Constable (or an assistant Chief Constable acting as Chief Constable),
shall not, by virtue of regulation 23, be entitled to pay in respect of his period in detention or custody or, as the case may be, in respect of the period during which his whereabouts are unknown as aforesaid.
(2) Where the member suspended is a senior officer, sub-paragraph (1)(b) shall have effect as if for the words after “unknown” there were substituted “to the Board”.