The Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 2013

Earnings of self-employed earners E+W+S

60.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), “earnings”, in the case of employment as a self-employed earner, means the gross receipts of the employment.

(2) “Earnings” does 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 made to the claimant with whom a person is accommodated by virtue of arrangements made—

(i) under section 22C(2), (3), (5) or (6)(a) or (b) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation and maintenance for a child whom the local authority is looking after) M1 ;

(ii) by a local authority under section 26 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (manner of provision of accommodation to child looked after by local authority) M2 ; or

(iii) by a local authority under regulation 33 or 51 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (fostering and kinship care allowances and fostering allowances) M3 ; or

(iv) by a voluntary organisation under section 59(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation by voluntary organisations) M4 ;

(c) any payment made to the claimant for a person (“the person concerned”), who is not normally a member of the claimant's household but is temporarily in the claimant's care, by—

(i) the National Health Service Commissioning Board M5 ;

(ii) a local authority but excluding payments of housing benefit made in respect of the person concerned;

(iii) a voluntary organisation;

(iv) the person concerned pursuant to section 26(3A) of the National Assistance Act 1948 M6 ;

(v) a clinical commissioning group established under section 14D of the Health Service Act M7 ; or

(vi) a Local Health Board established by an order made under section 11 of the Health Service (Wales) Act;

(d) any sports award.

(3) In this regulation, “board and lodging accommodation” means—

(a) accommodation provided to a person or, if they are a member of a family, to them or any other member of their family, for a charge which is inclusive of—

(i) the provision of that accommodation; and

(ii) at least some cooked or prepared meals which are cooked or prepared (by a person other than the person to whom the accommodation is provided or a member of their family) and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises; or

(b) accommodation provided to a person in a hotel, guest house, lodging house or some similar establishment,

except accommodation provided by a close relative of theirs or of any other member of their family, or other than on a commercial basis.

Marginal Citations

M1 1989 c.41. Section 22C was inserted by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23).

M2 1995 c.36. Section 26 was amended by Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.

M3 S.I. 2009/210. Regulation 33 was amended by S.S.I. 2009/290.

M4 Section 59(1)(a) was amended by section 49 of the Children Act 2004 (c.31).

M5 The National Health Service Commissioning Board is established by section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41), as inserted by section 9 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7).

M6 1948 c.29. Section 26(3A) was inserted by section 42 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19)

M7 Section 14D was inserted by section 25 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.