Universal credit is payable in respect of each complete assessment period within a period of entitlement.
In this Part an "assessment period" is a period of a prescribed duration.
Regulations may make provision—
about when an assessment period is to start;
for universal credit to be payable in respect of a period shorter than an assessment period;
about the amount payable in respect of a period shorter than an assessment period.
In subsection (1) "period of entitlement" means a period during which entitlement to universal credit subsists.