{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-2013/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-2013/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/376",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Rounding",
  "text": "(1) Where the calculation of an amount for the purposes of these Regulations results in a fraction of a penny, that fraction is to be disregarded if it is less than half a penny and otherwise it is to be treated as a penny.\n(1A) Where the calculation of an amount for the purposes of the following provisions results in a fraction of a pound, that fraction is to be disregarded—\n(za) regulation 82(1)(a) (exceptions – earnings);\n(a) regulation 90 (claimants subject to no work-related requirements – the earnings thresholds); and\n(b) regulation 99(6) (circumstances in which requirements must not be imposed); ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) This regulation does not apply to the calculation in regulation 111 (daily rate for a reduction under section 26 or 27 of the Act).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6(1A) substituted (1.4.2017) by The Universal Credit (Housing Costs Element for claimants aged 18 to 21) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/252), regs. 1, 2(2)(a) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 6(1A)(za) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/138), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 6(1A)(c) and word omitted (31.12.2018) by virtue of The Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1129), regs. 1(3), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 applied by S.I 2014/1230, reg. 61 (as inserted (24.7.2019) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152), regs. 1(2), 3(7))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:36:10.415553+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}