# The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999, Regulation 13: Entitlement to parental leave

Extent: E+W+S

(1) An employee who—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.
(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 or of section 18(1) or (2) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3312/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-regulations-1999/regulation-13
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