Part 1: Means-tested additional payments Section 4: Applicable benefits or tax credits
Section 4 addresses situations where a person has a qualifying entitlement to more than one social security benefit or tax credit to ensure a person does not receive duplicate payments on the basis of entitlement to more than one social security benefit or tax credit.
	Section 4 provides that where a person has a qualifying entitlement to more than one social security benefit in respect of the qualifying day, that additional payment shall be made in relation to the first benefit listed in 1(3) to which the individual is entitled.
	In addition, the section provides that where a person has a qualifying entitlement to both working tax credit and child tax credit on the qualifying days, the additional payment should be made in respect of their entitlement to child tax credit.
	Situations in which a person has a qualifying benefit to both a social security benefit and tax credit are addressed in section 1(2), which provides that HMRC must make a payment if any person has a qualifying entitlement to a tax credit, but not to a social security benefit.
Example (4): A person with a qualifying entitlement to more than one social security benefit
An individual reaches state pension age during the qualifying window and is entitled to a universal credit payment of at least 1p in respect of an assessment period which ends within the qualifying window. With effect from when they reach state pension age they also now have an entitlement to a state pension credit payment of at least 1p. They will be eligible for the means-tested additional payment as a result of their qualifying entitlement to universal credit because universal credit takes precedence over other social security benefits as set out in Section 4.