Continuance of allowances when member ill
36. If a member of a police force who is regularly in receipt of an allowance to meet an expense which ceases during that member’s absence from duty is placed upon the sick list or is on maternity leave, the allowance shall be payable during that member’s absence from duty up to a period of a month, but thereafter, during the remainder of that member’s absence from duty, payment may be suspended at the discretion of the chief constable.