PART IISTATUTORY PATERNITY PAY (BIRTH)

Qualifying period for statutory paternity pay (birth)8

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.