yes, the hours are based on 392 days - which would assume you worked every day up until the EDD of your child, no periods of leave in there. you have to have worked at least 295 days (10 months) in the period before then.
the reason the days are listed is so that someone (a full time employee for instance) can't work 2 - 3 months at the start of their pregnancy, then take months off work and still meet the test.
essentially, you have to work
10 months minimum (295 days) in the 13months (392 days) before edd
you also have to work minimum 330 hours
you can't have more than 8 weeks between paid work days in that time
That form is a NIGHTMARE to complete. And then they ask irrelevant questions such as 'Do you own your own home'? Just data gathering for the Govt! I wondered if they wanted my dental records too. Anyway, was just going to ask whether you did the online test to determine which was better- the paid leave or the baby bonus? I thought it was a no-brainer at first, however, we're not that much better off by taking the paid leave, over the baby bonus, once tax is taken out and my paid leave crosses two financial years etc and bumped up my income, blah,blah,blah. If I'd known how painful the paperwork was beforehand, I probably would have opted to apply for the baby bonus.
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