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  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987",
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  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Rounding of fractions",
  "text": "Where any calculation under this Schedule or as a result of income support being awarded for a period less than one complete benefit week results in a fraction of a penny that fraction shall be treated as a penny.",
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