Article 15 Reimbursement allowanceI1

Subject to paragraph (2), a detainee serving a sentence of service detention shall be entitled to a reimbursement allowance.

A detainee serving a sentence of service detention who escapes from service custody premises forfeits his entitlement to the reimbursement allowance from the date of his escape.

The reimbursement allowance shall be allocated to a detainee serving a sentence of service detention at different rates, depending on which stage of training under rule 60(2) the detainee has reached. He shall then be entitled to purchase from the canteen F1... sweets, chocolates, writing materials, postage stamps and other articles decided by the commandant of a value within his reimbursement allowance.

The Secretary of State shall approve the rates of reimbursement allowance payable to such detainees and may from time to time issue instructions for alterations to the amount of the allowance.

On release at the end of his sentence of service detention a detainee shall be entitled to the balance of the reimbursement standing to his credit