14. A regular police officer by whom pension contributions are payable under regulation G2(1) of the 1987 Regulations may make a provisional declaration for the purposes of regulation 40(2) which shall be–
(a)submitted to the police authority of the force in which the officer is serving, no later than–
(i)the expiry of the last day of the period of 3 months mentioned in paragraph 1(a) (or of such longer period as the police authority may allow in accordance with that paragraph); or
(ii)the day immediately before that on which the officer makes their transfer election,
whichever shall first occur; and
(b)be in the form specified in regulation 40(2).