PART 2Statutory paternity pay (birth)
F1Options in respect of periods of payment of statutory paternity pay (birth)6
1
Within the qualifying period set out in regulation 6A, a person entitled to statutory paternity pay (birth) may choose a period of payment of statutory paternity pay to begin on—
a
the date on which the child is born or, where the person is at work on that day, the following day;
b
the date falling such number of days after the date on which the child is born as the person may specify;
c
a predetermined date, specified by the person, which is later than the first day of the expected week of the child’s birth.
2
A person may choose for statutory paternity pay (birth) to be paid in respect of—
a
a single period of either one week or two weeks, or
b
two non-consecutive periods of a week each.