When I first had a pass cut, there was an error in it. This error stuck around for a few samples, but was fixed later on. This set of instructions is only necessary if the kit in question has this error.
Basically, the hole that is cut out for the stepped styrene is too small. It's not tall enough. If you hold the top plate over the mid plate, the rectangular hole should extend UNDER the top plate. When examining the plate with the error, the rectangular opening stops at the lip of the top plate. This makes it so that the stepped styren does not have a ledge to fit into.
One could probably get away with ignoring this step, even if the error is there, but I include this for the sake of completion.