11. References in these Regulations to a kind of assistance specified in this regulation are to the following:—
(a)child tax credit;
(b)housing benefit;
(c)income-based jobseeker's allowance;
(d)income-related employment and support allowance;
(e)income support;
(f)state pension credit;
(g)working tax credit.
12.—(1) An individual is not to be regarded as having been awarded a kind of assistance for a day or a period if—
(a)the award was made in error (whether or not induced by the individual); or
(b)the sum awarded to the individual for the day or the period is £0.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b), the reference to “the sum awarded” means, in a case where a deduction has been made—
(a)in respect of any liability the individual has to another person; or
(b)by way of a sanction,
the sum that would have been awarded had the deduction not been made.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, in sub-paragraph (1) “kind of assistance” includes universal credit as well as the kinds of assistance specified in regulation 11.
13. “Assessment period” means a period in respect of which universal credit may be payable to the individual in question in accordance with section 7 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 M1.