# Welfare Reform Act 2012, Section 7: Basis of awards


(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 subsection (1) “period of entitlement” means a period during which entitlement to universal credit subsists.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/section-7
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