Earnings of self-employed earnersE+W+S
37.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), “earnings”, in the case of employment as a self-employed earner, means the gross receipts of the employment and shall include any allowance paid under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 F1[F2or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990] to the claimant for the purpose of assisting him in carrying on his business.
[F3(2) “Earnings” shall not include—
(a)where a claimant is involved in providing board and lodging accommodation for which a charge is payable, any payment by way of such a charge;
(b)any payment to which paragraph 26 of Schedule 9 refers (payments in respect of a person accommodated with the claimant under arrangements made by a local authority or voluntary organisation).]
Textual Amendments
F11973 c. 50; section 2 was amended by sections 9 and 11 and Schedule 2 Part II paragraph 9 and Schedule 3 of the Employment and Training Act 1981 (c. 57).
F2Words in reg. 37(1) inserted (1.4.1991) by The Enterprise (Scotland) Consequential Amendments Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/387), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
F3Reg. 37(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2155), regs. 1(1), 16
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 37 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1