# The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 65: Meaning of “gainful self-employment”


A claimant is in gainful self-employment for the purposes of regulations 63 and 64 where the Department has determined that—
(a) the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment,
(b) their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings, and
(c) the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried on in expectation of profit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/216/regulation/65 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-65
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