PART 7Earnings
Earnings of self-employed earners60
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.