PART III PARENTAL LEAVE
Entitlement to parental leave13
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.
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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
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