Section 4 Applicable benefits or tax creditsI1

Where a person has a qualifying entitlement to more than one social security benefit in respect of a qualifying day, the benefit by reference to which the means-tested additional payment in respect of the qualifying day is to be paid is the first benefit in the list in section 1(3) to which the person has a qualifying entitlement (if the payment is made under section 1(1)).

Where a person has a qualifying entitlement to child tax credit and to working tax credit in respect of a qualifying day, the tax credit by reference to which the means-tested additional payment in respect of the qualifying day is to be paid is child tax credit (if the payment is made under section 1(2)).