# The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996, Regulation 26: Earnings of self-employed earners


“Earnings”, in the case of employment as a self-employed earner, means the gross income of the employment and
(a) shall include any allowance paid under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 to the relevant person for the purpose of assissting him in carrying on his business, unless at the date of the application the allowance has been terminated; but
(b) shall not include any payment to which paragraph 23 or 24 of Schedule 3 refers (payments in respect of a person accommodated with the relevant person under arrangements made by a local authority or voluntary organisation and payments made to the relevant person by a health authority, local authority or voluntary organisation in respect of persons temporarily in the relevant person’s care).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2890/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-renewal-grants-regulations-1996/regulation-26
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