Section 576 Meaning of “parent”.C1
England and Wales
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “parent”, in relation to a child or young person, includes any person—
who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him, or
who has care of him,
except that in F1section 499(8) it only includes such a person if he is an individual.
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In subsection (1) “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the M1Children Act 1989.
In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) whether an individual has care of a child or young person, any absence of the child or young person at a hospital or boarding school and any other temporary absence shall be disregarded.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 576(1) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 180(a) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
- F2
S. 576(2) repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 180(b), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Marginal citations
- M1
Modifications
- C1
S. 576 excluded (1.1.2014) by The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2094), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 18(3)
- C2
S. 576 applied (24.7.1998) by 1998 c. 31, ss. 142(10), 145(4) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6))
- C3
S. 576 applied (1.9.2001) by S.I. 2001/600, reg. 30(10)