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10.—(1) Any improvement period or validity period must—
(a)be suspended where the senior officer is absent from duty for a continuous period of 4 weeks or more; and
(b)resume when the senior officer returns to duty.
(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply where the senior officer’s absence is the subject of the proceedings under these Regulations.