Amendment of regulation 37 of the Income Support Regulations

16.  In regulation 37 of the Income Support Regulations (earnings of self-employed earners)(1) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2) “Earnings” shall not include—

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

(b)any payment to which paragraph 26 of Schedule 9 refers (payments in respect of a person accommodated with the claimant under arrangements made by a local authority or voluntary organisation).”.