Is my “not gainfully self employed income” classed as earnings re transitional protection

LilacPoppy

I am disabled in receipt of pip but not LCWRA I am employed but not gainfully so as my main income is from employment. Due to poor health my employer income has been below the AET in the last 3 assessment periods and was above in the first one. Will they add my self employed income to my earned income? I am really confused as the wording in regulation 56 is “in which the claimant's earned income is less than the amount specified in regulation 99(6)(a) of the Universal Credit Regulations” so does it mean you have just have to earn the amount equal to or above the AET by any means, or is like when the AET is used for work conditionality you can only used employed income?

If I was gainfully self employed or in start up period I would be classed as earring equivalent to the AET.

Thank you