59 Supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters
Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c 2) | Legislation

59  Supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters

(1)     In this Part of this Act, the expression “member of the forces”—

(a)     means a person serving on full pay as a member of any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown raised in the United Kingdom; but

(b)     does not include—

[(i)]     a person serving only as a member of a reserve or auxiliary force except in so far as regulations provide that it shall include persons so serving during a period of emergency [or

(ii)     a member of the regular army whose terms of service are such that, except for the purpose of training, he is required to serve only in Northern Ireland.]

(2)     Where a person—

(a)

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