PART 2Universal credit
CHAPTER 1Entitlement and awards
Awards
Basis of awards12.
(1)
Universal credit is payable in respect of each complete assessment period within a period of entitlement.
(2)
In this Part an “assessment period” is a period of a prescribed duration.
(3)
Regulations may make provision—
(a)
about when an assessment period is to start;
(b)
for universal credit to be payable in respect of a period shorter than an assessment period;
(c)
about the amount payable in respect of a period shorter than an assessment period.
(4)
In paragraph (1) “period of entitlement” means a period during which entitlement to universal credit subsists.