PART II STATUTORY PATERNITY PAY (BIRTH)

8 Qualifying period for statutory paternity pay (birth)
The qualifying period for the purposes of section 167ZE(2) of the Act (period within which the statutory paternity pay period must occur) is a period which begins on the date of the child’s birth and ends–
(a) except in the case referred to in paragraph (b), 56 days after that date;
(b) in a case where the child is born before the first day of the expected week of its birth, 56 days after that day.