Regulation 21 Earnings of self-employed earnersI1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 21(2) words added by Social Security Amendment (Sports Awards) 1999 reg. 3(3)
reg. 21(2) substituted by Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit 1994 reg. 17
reg. 21(1) words added by Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit 1994 reg. 18
reg.21 amended by Social Security Amendment (Sports Awards) 1999 reg.3(3)

F1(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), “earnings”, in the case of employment as a self-employed earner, means the gross income of the employment and shall include any allowance paid under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973^f1or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990^f2 to the claimant for the purpose of assisting him in carrying on his business.

F2(2)

Earnings shall not include any payment to which paragraph 25 of Schedule 4 refers (payments in respect of a person accommodated with the claimant under arrangements made by a local authority or voluntary organisation).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 21 substituted (1.4.1993 immediately after art. 20 of S.I. 1993/349 comes into force) by The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/688), regs. 1(1), 6(a)
F2: Reg. 21(2) added (1.4.1993 immediately after art. 20 of S.I. 1993/349 comes into force) by The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/688), regs. 1(1), 6(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 21 in force at 1.4.1993, see reg. 1(b)

Footnotes

f1: 1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by section 25 of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19).
f2: 1990 c. 35.