{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "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(2) 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 89 (claimants subject to no work-related requirements – the earnings thresholds); and\n(b) regulation 97(6) (circumstances in which requirements must not be imposed). ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This regulation does not apply to the calculation in regulation 108 (daily reduction rate) for a reduction under Article 31 or 32 of the Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 7(2) substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Housing Costs Element for claimants aged 18 to 21) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/142), regs. 1, 2(2)(a) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2)(za) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/145), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2)(c) and preceding word omitted (31.12.2018) by virtue of The Universal Credit and Jobseekers Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/187), regs. 1(3), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/216/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:18.733448+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."
}