Defined term

“parental responsibility”

Defined in 32 Acts and 27 statutory instruments.

  1. Armed Forces Act 1991 Act
  2. Care Standards Act 2000 Act
  3. Child Abduction Act 1984 Act
  4. Child Poverty Act 2010 Act
  5. Child Support Act 1991 Act
  6. Child Trust Funds Act 2004 Act
  7. Childcare Act 2006 Act
  8. Childcare Act 2016 Act
  9. Children Act 1989 Act 2 definitions
  10. The Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) Regulations 2007 SI
  11. Children and Young Persons Act 1933 Act
  12. Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 Act
  13. The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013 SI
  14. The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013 SI
  15. Civil Partnership Act 2004 Act
  16. Crime and Policing Act 2026 Act
  17. Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 Act
  18. Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Act 2 definitions
  19. Education Act 1996 Act
  20. Education (Teacher Student Loans) (Repayment etc.) Regulations 2002 SI
  21. Education (Teacher Student Loans) (Repayment etc.) Regulations 2003 SI
  22. Family Law Act 1996 Act
  23. The Family Procedure Rules 2010 SI 2 definitions
  24. Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 Act
  25. The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 SI
  26. Health and Care Act 2022 Act
  27. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Greencore) Regulations 2020 SI
  28. The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005 SI 2 definitions
  29. The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2005 SI
  30. Housing Act 1996 Act
  31. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Disclosure of Information for Research Purposes) Regulations 2010 SI
  32. Human Tissue Act 2004 Act
  33. The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 SI
  34. Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 Act 4 definitions
  35. Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 Act
  36. The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 SI
  37. The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025 SI
  38. Inheritance Tax Act 1984 Act 2 definitions
  39. The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 SI
  40. The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 SI
  41. The Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013 SI
  42. The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 SI
  43. The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 SI
  44. Mental Capacity Act 2005 Act
  45. Mental Health Act 1983 Act
  46. The National Child Measurement Programme Regulations 2008 SI
  47. The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 SI 2 definitions
  48. The National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2013 SI
  49. The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amendment of Minimum Age) Order 2004 SI
  50. Policing and Crime Act 2009 Act
  51. Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Act
  52. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Act
  53. Sentencing Act 2020 Act
  54. Serious Crime Act 2015 Act
  55. Sexual Offences Act 2003 Act
  56. The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 SI
  57. The Tax Credits (Approval of Child Care Providers) Scheme 2005 SI
  58. The Tax Credits (Approval of Home Child Care Providers) Scheme 2003 SI
  59. The Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011 SI

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