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17B.—(1) For the purposes of state pension credit, the provisions of the Computation of Earnings Regulations in their application to the earnings of self-employed earners, shall have effect in so far as provided by this regulation.
(2) In their application to state pension credit, regulations 11 to 14 of the Computation of Earnings Regulations shall have effect as if—
[F2(za)“board and lodging accommodation” has the same meaning as in [F3regulation 1(2)];]
(a)“claimant” referred to a person claiming state pension credit and any partner of the claimant;
(b)“personal pension scheme” referred to a personal pension scheme—
(i)as defined in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993; or
(ii)as defined in section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993.
(3) In regulation 11 (calculation of earnings of self-employed earners), paragraph (1) shall have effect, but as if the words “Except where paragraph (2) applies” were omitted.
(4) In regulation 12 (earnings of self-employed earners)—
(a)paragraph (1) shall have effect;
(b)[F4the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph (1)]—
“(2) Earnings does not include—
(a)where a claimant occupies a dwelling as his home and he provides in that dwelling board and lodging accommodation for which payment is made, those payments;
[F5(b) any payment made by a local authority to a claimant with whom a person is accommodated by virtue of arrangements made under—
(i)section 23(2)(a) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation and maintenance for a child whom they are looking after),
(ii)section 26 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (manner of provision of accommodation to child looked after by local authority), or
(iii)regulations 33 or 51 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (fostering and kinship care allowances and fostering allowances);]
(c)any payment made by a voluntary organisation in accordance with section 59(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation by voluntary organisations);
(d)any payment made to the claimant or his partner for a person (“the person concerned”) who is not normally a member of the claimant’s household but is temporarily in his care, by—
(i)a health authority;
(ii)a local authority;
(iii)a voluntary organisation;
(iv)the person concerned pursuant to section 26(3A) of the National Assistance Act 1948; F6...
[F7(iva)a clinical commissioning group established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006;
(ivb)the National Health Service Commissioning Board; F8...]
F9(v). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F10(vi)a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of the National Health Service Act 1977 or established by an order made under section 11 of the Health Service (Wales) Act;] [F11or]
[F11(vii)the person concerned where the payment is for the provision of accommodation in respect of the meeting of that person’s needs under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support);]
(e)any sports award.”.
(5) In regulation 13 (calculation of net profit of self-employed earners)—
(a)for paragraphs (1) to (3), the following provision shall have effect—
“(1) For the purposes of regulation 11 (calculation of earnings of self-employed earners), the earnings of a claimant to be taken into account shall be—
(a)in the case of a self-employed earner who is engaged in employment on his own account, the net profit derived from that employment;
(b)in the case of a self-employed earner whose employment is carried on in partnership, his share of the net profit derived from that employment less—
(i)an amount in respect of income tax and of social security contributions payable under the Contributions and Benefits Act calculated in accordance with regulation 14 (deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners); and
(ii)one half of any premium paid in the period that is relevant under regulation 11 in respect of a retirement annuity contract or a personal pension scheme.”
(b)paragraphs (4) to (12) shall have effect.
(6) Regulation 14 (deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners) shall have effect.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 17A - Reg. 17B inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3019), regs. 1(2)(b), 23(i)
F2Reg. 17B(2)(za) inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), regs. 1(1)(b), 3(2)(a)
F3Words in reg. 17B(2)(za) substituted (3.10.2005) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2465), regs. 1(2), 6(4)
F4Words in reg. 17B(4)(b) substituted (1.11.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2429), regs. 1(2), 6(a)
F5Words in reg. 17B(4)(b) substituted (1.11.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2429), regs. 1(2), 6(b)
F6Word in reg. 17B(4)(b) omitted (5.1.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(a)
F7Words in reg. 17B(4)(b) inserted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 54(3)(a)
F8Word in reg. 17B(4)(b) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(2)(a) (with art. 4)
F9Words in reg. 17B(4)(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 54(3)(b)
F10Words in reg. 17B(4)(b) inserted (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(c)
F11Words in reg. 17B(4)(b) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(2)(b) (with art. 4)
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