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Education Act 1996

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576 Meaning of “parent”.

(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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576 Meaning of “parent”.

(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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