# The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 41: Earnings of self-employed earners: pensioners


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), “earnings” (“enillion”), in the case of employment as a self-employed earner who is a pensioner, means the gross income of the employment.
(2) “Earnings” in the case of employment as a self-employed earner does not include—
(a) where an applicant occupies a dwelling as the applicant’s home and the applicant provides in that dwelling board and lodging accommodation for which payment is made, those payments;
(b) any payment made by a local authority to an applicant—
(i) with whom a person is accommodated by virtue of arrangements made under section 22C or 23(2)(a) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation and maintenance for a child whom they are looking after) or, as the case may be, section 26(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 , or section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; or
(ii) with whom a local authority fosters 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 applicant or the applicant’s partner for a person (“the person concerned”) who is not normally a member of the applicant’s household but is temporarily in the applicant’s care, by—
(i) a local authority but excluding payments of housing benefit made in respect of the person concerned;
(ii) a voluntary organisation;
(iii) the person concerned pursuant to section 26(3A) of the National Assistance Act 1948;
(iv) NHS England or an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006; ...
(v) a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
(vi) the person concerned where the payment is for the provision of accommodation to meet that person’s needs for care and support arranged pursuant to section 35 or 36 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; or
(vii) the person concerned where the payment is for the provision of accommodation to meet that person’s needs for care and support arranged pursuant to section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014;
(e) any sports award.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/3035/schedule/paragraph/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-wales-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-41
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