1. Where a police officer wishes to make a transfer election in accordance with regulation 4(8) he shall do so by giving written notice to the Board—
(a)in the case of an officer to whom these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 4(2)(a)(iv) or (v), or to whom regulation 4(6) or (7) applies, or is such as is mentioned in regulation 4(8)(c), within such period of three months beginning no later than 1st January 2007 as the Secretary of State may determine, or such longer period as the Board may, by reason of exceptional circumstances in that officer’s case, in their discretion allow, or
(b)in the case of an officer—
(i)to whom these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 4(2)(a)(ii),
(ii)to whom these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 4(2)(a)(iv) or (v) and who re-joined the police service on a date after that on which the period of three months mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) commenced,
(iii)who, for the purposes of regulation 4(6)(b), is treated as continuing to serve notwithstanding his dismissal and whose reinstatement following a successful appeal occurs on a date after that on which the period of three months mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) commenced, or
(iv)who is such as is mentioned in regulation 4(8)(c), and who rejoined the police service on a date after that on which the period of three months mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) commenced,
within the period of three months beginning on the date on which he first so rejoined the police service or, as the case may be, was reinstated (or such longer period as the Board may, by reason of exceptional circumstances in that officer’s case, in their discretion allow).