(1) Subject to articles 72(1) and (5) and sub-article (2) of this article, the payment to any person of any occupational injuries benefit or increase of that benefit -

(a) which is excepted from the provisions of section 249 by virtue of the provisions of article 72, or

(b) which is payable otherwise than in respect of a period during which he or she is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody,

shall be suspended while that person, or, in the case of an increase, the person in respect of whom the increase is payable, is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.

(2) Injury benefit, disablement benefit or death benefit to which sub-article (1) applies may be paid during any such period to any person appointed by the Minister to receive and deal with any sums payable on behalf of the beneficiary on account of that benefit, and the receipt of any person so appointed shall be a good discharge to the Minister and the Social Insurance Fund for any sum so paid.

(3) Where by virtue of sub-article (1) payment of disablement pension or death benefit by way of pension, is suspended for any period, the period of suspension shall not be taken into account in calculating any period under article 58.