# Education Act 1996, Section 576: Meaning of “parent”.

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “parent”, in relation to a child or young person, includes any person—
(a) who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him, or
(b) who has care of him,
except that in section 499(8) it only includes such a person if he is an individual.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In subsection (1) “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989.
(4) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/576 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-576
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