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Awards7Basis 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.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: see s 150(3).

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