Means-tested additional payments Section 1: Means-tested additional payments: main payments
Subsection (1) provides that the Secretary of State makes two Means-tested Additional Payments of £326 and £324 to a person with a qualifying eligible entitlement. Eligibility for the Means-tested Additional Payment is defined by a person having a qualifying entitlement to a social security benefit in respect of the first qualifying day for the first payment and the second qualifying day for the second payment.
	Subsection (2) provides for HMRC to make two Means-tested Additional Payments of £326 and £324 to an eligible person. Eligibility for the Means-tested Additional Payment is defined by a person having a qualifying entitlement to Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit but not to a social security benefit in respect of the first qualifying day for the first payment and the second qualifying day for the second payment.
	Subsection (3) defines the social security benefits as:
Universal Credit under the Welfare Reform Act 2012 or the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I 2015/2006 (N.I. 1));
State Pension Credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 or the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;
An Income-Based Jobseeker’s Allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 or the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15));
An Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 or Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;
Income Support under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
	Subsection (4) provides that the second qualifying day will be no later than 31 October 2022. It also provides that the Secretary of State will specify the second qualifying date in regulations.
	Subsection (5) provides that the second qualifying day specified in regulations can be on a day before the regulations come into force.
	Subsection (6) defines that a person is an individual or a couple (but not each member of a couple separately).