Regulation 39 Survivors’ pensions - general provision
Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, where a regular police officer dies or has died—
while he is in receipt of an ordinary pension, an ill-health pension or a deferred pension;
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;
while he is serving as such and he fulfils the qualifying service criterion and no election under regulation 9 has effect at the time of his death; or
while he is serving as such and, having made an election under regulation 9 which has effect at the time of his death, he is entitled to a deferred pension,
a survivor such as is mentioned in regulation 40 shall be entitled to a pension calculated in the case of an adult survivor in accordance with regulation 41 and in the case of a child survivor in accordance with regulation 42.