C1PART VINCOME AND CAPITAL
CHAPTER IIIemployed earners
Calculation of net earnings of employed earnersI136
1
For the purposes of regulation 29 (calculation of earnings of employed earners) the earnings of a claimant derived from employment as an employed earner to be taken into account shall, subject to paragraph (2), be his net earnings.
2
There shall be disregarded from a claimant's net earnings, any sum, where applicable, specified in paragraphs 1 to 13 F3or 15A of Schedule 8.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (1) net earnings shall be calculated by taking into account the gross earnings of the claimant from that employment less—
a
any amount deducted from those earnings by way of—
i
income tax;
ii
primary Class 1 contributions under the Social Security ActF1; and
b
one-half of any sum paid by the claimant F2in respect of a pay period by way of a contribution towards an occupational or personal pension scheme.
Pt. V applied (with modifications) (S.) (6.10.2003) by The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/460), reg. 1, sch. Pt. I Table A (with reg. 13)