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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3221), regs. 1(3), 3
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).