(1) Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (4), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

"(a) Subject to this Act and paragraph (b), where a woman, who has been delivered of a living child, dies at any time following the week of her confinement and before the expiry of the payment to her of the maternity benefit that would have been payable to her had she not died, the father of the child shall be entitled to benefit under this Chapter as if he were a woman and the provisions of this Chapter (other than sections 48 and 50(b)) apply in all respects in the case of that man.",

(b) in subsection (5), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

"(ba) a woman referred to in paragraph (b), for a further period -

(i) that is in addition to the period referred to in paragraph (b) if, on or after 1 October 2017, the date of confinement occurs more than two weeks before the end of the expected week of confinement, and

(ii) the duration of that further period shall be equal to the duration of the premature birth period,",

and