# The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996, Paragraph 4


Except in the case of a claimant who is absent from Great Britain and not disqualified for receiving any benefit, pension, allowance or supplement, by virtue of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 —
(a) any earnings derived from employment which are payable in a country outside the United Kingdom for such period during which there is a prohibition against the transfer to the United Kingdom of those earnings;
(b) where a payment of earnings is made in a currency other than sterling, any banking charge or commission payable in converting that payment into sterling.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2745/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-computation-of-earnings-regulations-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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