# Reserve Forces Act 1996, Section 125: Absence for voting.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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 a Member of the Scottish Parliament , a Member of the National Assembly for Wales, or a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, or
(b) any local election,
or going to or returning from such voting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/14/section/125 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996/section-125
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