Survivors’ pensions - general provision
36. Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, where a police officer dies or has died—
(a)while he is in receipt of an ordinary pension, an ill-health pension or a deferred pension;
(b)after he has ceased to serve as such in circumstances where no transfer value was paid in respect of his service and he is entitled to a deferred pension whether or not that pension has come into payment;
(c)while he is serving as such and fulfils the qualifying service criterion and no election under regulation 7 has effect at the time of his death; or
(d)while he is serving as such and, having made an election under regulation 7 which has effect at the time of his death, he is entitled to a deferred pension,
a survivor such as is mentioned in regulation 37 shall be entitled to a pension calculated in the case of an adult survivor in accordance with regulation 38, and in the case of a child survivor in accordance with regulation 39.