# Social Security (Additional Payments) Act 2023, Section 4: Applicable benefits or tax credits

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) 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)).
(2) 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)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/7/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-additional-payments-act-2023/section-4
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