PART 6Assessment of income and capital
SECTION 4
Self-employed earners
Earnings of self-employed earners38
1
Subject to paragraph (2), “earnings”, in the case of employment as a self-employed earner, means the gross receipts of the employment F9....
2
“Earnings” in the case of employment as a self-employed earner 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;
b
any payment made by a local authority to a claimant—
i
F8ii
with whom a local authority foster a child under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 or who is a kinship carer under those Regulations;
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, but excluding payments of housing benefit made in respect of the person concerned;
iii
a voluntary organisation;
v
vi
F7a 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 National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
e
any sports award.