{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-additional-payments-act-2023/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-additional-payments-act-2023/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/7",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Additional Payments) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-additional-payments-act-2023",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Qualifying entitlements: social security benefits",
  "text": "(1) A person has a qualifying entitlement to a social security benefit in respect of a qualifying day if—\n(a) in respect of universal credit, the person is entitled to a payment of at least 1p in respect of an assessment period ending during the period of one month ending with the qualifying day;\n(b) in respect of state pension credit, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, an income-related employment and support allowance or income support, the person is entitled to a payment of at least 1p in respect of any day during the period of one month ending with the qualifying day.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a person is considered to be entitled to a payment irrespective of whether that payment is not payable as a result of—\n(a) regulation 13 of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792);\n(b) regulation 13 of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. (N.I.) 2003 No. 28);\n(c) regulation 87A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207);\n(d) regulation 87A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. (N.I.) 1996 No. 198);\n(e) regulation 26(4) or 26C(6) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968);\n(f) regulation 26(4) or 26C(6) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. (N.I.) 1987 No. 465).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 12(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/7/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:18.672157+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}