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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 54

Rounding off instalments of social security payments

             (1)  In this section:

"instalment" means an instalment of a social security payment.

             (2)  If the amount of an instalment would be:

                     (a)  one or more whole dollars and a part of a cent; or

                     (b)  one or more whole dollars and cents and a part of a cent;

the amount is to be increased or decreased to the nearest whole cent.

             (3)  If the amount of an instalment would be:

                     (a)  one or more whole dollars and 0.5 cent; or

                     (b)  one or more whole dollars and cents and 0.5 cent;

the amount is to be increased by 0.5 cent.

             (4)  If, apart from this subsection, the amount of an instalment would be less than $1.00, the amount is to be increased to $1.00.



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