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13.—(1) An employee who—
(a)has been continuously employed for a period of not less than a year [F1or is to be treated as having been so employed by virtue of paragraph (1A)]; and
(b)has, or expects to have, responsibility for a child,
is entitled, in accordance with these Regulations, to be absent from work on parental leave for the purpose of caring for that child.
[F2(1A) If, in a case where regulation 15(2) or (3) applies—
(a)the employee was employed, during the period between 15th December 1998 and 9th January 2002, by a person other than the person who was his employer on 9th January 2002, and
(b)the period of his employment by that person (or, if he was employed by more than one person during that period, any such person) was not less than a year,
then, for the purposes of paragraph (1), he shall be treated as having been continuously employed for a period of not less than a year.]
(2) An employee has responsibility for a child, for the purposes of paragraph (1), if—
(a)he has parental responsibility or, in Scotland, parental responsibilities for the child; or
(b)he has been registered as the child’s father under any provision of section 10(1) or 10A(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 M1 or of section 18(1) or (2) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 M2.
F3(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 13(1)(a) inserted (10.1.2002) by The Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/4010), regs. 1(1), 3(a)
F2Reg. 13(1A) inserted (10.1.2002) by The Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/4010), regs. 1(1), 3(b)
F3Reg. 13(3) omitted (10.1.2002) by virtue of The Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/4010), regs. 1(1), 3(c)
Marginal Citations
M11953 c. 20; sections 10 and 10A were substituted by the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), sections 24 and 25.
M21965 c. 49; section 18(1) was substituted, and section 18(2) amended, by the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9).
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