Regulation 37 Earnings of self-employed earner

Subject to paragraph (2), “earnings”, in the case of employment as a self-employed earner, means the gross receipts of the employment and shall include any allowance payable pursuant to arrangements made by the Department of Economic Development^f1 under section 1(1) of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950^f2 or any equivalent allowance payable under Republic of Ireland legislation to the claimant for the purpose of-assisting him in carrying on his business.

Earnings shall not include, where a claimant is employed in providing board and lodging accommodation for which a charge is payable, any payment by way of such a charge except where the claimant is a seasonal worker to whom regulation 43 (notional earnings of seasonal workers) applies and the payment is due during the period of his normal employment.