The Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 2013

Earnings of self-employed earners E+W+S

60.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), “earnings”, in the case of employment as a self-employed earner, means the gross receipts of the employment.

(2) “Earnings” does not include—

(a) where a claimant is involved in providing board and lodging accommodation for which a charge is payable, any payment by way of such a charge;

(b) any payment made to the claimant with whom a person is accommodated by virtue of arrangements made—

(i) under section 22C(2), (3), (5) or (6)(a) or (b) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation and maintenance for a child whom the local authority is looking after)M1 ;

[F1 (ia) under section 81(2), (3), (5) or (6)(a) or (b) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated and maintained);]

(ii) by a local authority under section 26 [F2 or 26A] of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (manner of provision of accommodation to child looked after by local authority [F3 and duty to provide continuing care]) M2 ; or

(iii) by a local authority under regulation 33 or 51 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (fostering and kinship care allowances and fostering allowances) M3 ; or

(iv) by a voluntary organisation under section 59(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation by voluntary organisations) M4 ;

[F4 (ba) any payment made to the claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance);]

(c) any payment made to the claimant for a person (“the person concerned”), who is not normally a member of the claimant's household but is temporarily in the claimant's care, by—

(i) [F5 NHS England];

(ii) a local authority but excluding payments of housing benefit made in respect of the person concerned;

(iii) a voluntary organisation;

(iv) the person concerned pursuant to section 26(3A) of the National Assistance Act 1948 M5 ;

[F6 (v) an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;]

(vi) a Local Health Board established by an order made under section 11 of the Health Service (Wales) Act; F7 ...

[F8 (vii) the person concerned where the payment is for the provision of accommodation in respect of the meeting of that person’s needs under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support);] [F9 or

( viii) the person concerned where the payment is for the provision of accommodation to meet that person’s needs for care and support under section 35 or 36 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support of an adult);]

(d) any sports award.

(3) In this regulation, “board and lodging accommodation” means—

(a) accommodation provided to a person or, if they are a member of a family, to them or any other member of their family, for a charge which is inclusive of—

(i) the provision of that accommodation; and

(ii) at least some cooked or prepared meals which are cooked or prepared (by a person other than the person to whom the accommodation is provided or a member of their family) and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises; or

(b) accommodation provided to a person in a hotel, guest house, lodging house or some similar establishment,

except accommodation provided by a close relative of theirs or of any other member of their family, or other than on a commercial basis.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 60(2)(b)(ia) inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 17(a)

F2 Words in reg. 60(2)(b)(ii) inserted (7.11.2017) by The Social Security and Child Support (Care Payments and Tenant Incentive Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/995), regs. 1, 14(2)(a)

F3 Words in reg. 60(2)(b)(ii) inserted (7.11.2017) by The Social Security and Child Support (Care Payments and Tenant Incentive Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/995), regs. 1, 14(2)(b)

F4 Reg. 60(2)(ba) inserted (7.11.2017) by The Social Security and Child Support (Care Payments and Tenant Incentive Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/995), regs. 1, 8(2)

F5 Words in Instrument substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

F6 Reg. 60(2)(c)(v) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), regs. 1(2), 65(2)

F7 Word in reg. 60(2)(c)(vi) omitted (3.11.2017) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 17(b)(i)

F8 Reg. 60(2)(c)(vii) and word inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 41(b) (with art. 4)

F9 Reg. 60(2)(c)(vii) and word inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 17(b)(ii)

Marginal Citations

M1 1989 c.41. Section 22C was inserted by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23).

M2 1995 c.36. Section 26 was amended by Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.

M3 S.I. 2009/210. Regulation 33 was amended by S.S.I. 2009/290.

M4 Section 59(1)(a) was amended by section 49 of the Children Act 2004 (c.31).

M5 1948 c.29. Section 26(3A) was inserted by section 42 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19)