Section 125 Absence for voting.

United Kingdom

No member of a reserve force shall be liable, when not in permanent service, to any penalty or punishment on account of his absence from duty in the United Kingdom for voting at—

(a)

any election of a Member of Parliament F1a Member of the Scottish Parliament F2, a Member of the National Assembly for Wales, F3or a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, or

(b)

any local election,

or going to or returning from such voting.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 125(a) inserted (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 97, Sch. 8 para. 1
F2: Words in s. 125(a) inserted (1.10.2001 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by 2001 c. 19, s. 34, Sch. 6 Pt. 3 para. 13; S.I. 2001/3234, arts. 2, 3
F3: Words in s. 125(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))