The Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 2007

1.  Where a regular police officer wishes to make a transfer election in accordance with regulation 6(8) the officer shall do so by giving written notice to the police authority–

(a) in the case of an officer to whom these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 6(2)(a)(iv) or (v), or to whom regulation 6(6) or (7) applies, or is such as is mentioned in regulation 6(8)(c), within such period of 3 months beginning no later than 1st January 2007 as the Scottish Ministers may determine, or such longer period as the police authority 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 6(2)(ii);

(ii) to whom these regulations apply by virtue of regulation 6(2)(a)(iv) or (v) and who rejoined that officer’s force or joined another force on a date after that on which the period of 3 months mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) commenced;

(iii) who for the purposes of regulation 6(6)(b) is treated as continuing to serve notwithstanding that officer’s dismissal or requirement to resign and whose reinstatement following a successful appeal occurs on a date after that on which the period of 3 months mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) commenced; or

(iv) who is such as is mentioned in regulation 6(8)(c) and who rejoined that officer’s force on a date after that on which the period of months mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) commenced,

within the period of 3 months beginning on the date on which the officer first so rejoined that officer’s force or joined another force or, as the case may be, was reinstated (or such longer period as the police authority may, by reason of exceptional circumstances in that officer’s case, in their discretion allow).