(1) An electricity costs emergency benefit payment made under section 5(2) of the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 on or after the date of the passing of that Act and on or before 31 December 2023 shall be exempt from income tax and shall not be reckoned in computing total income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts.
(2) In this section, "electricity costs emergency benefit payment" has the same meaning as it has in the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022.