This class is for people who can make their own work in Canada, and everything hangs on the definition of a self-employed person set out in the definitions section (88). If you do not fit that definition, the application is refused right there, with no points assessment at all. Fitting it is the gate, not the finish line.
(1)For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the self-employed persons class is hereby prescribed as a class of persons who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada and who are self-employed persons within the meaning of subsection 88(1).
(2)If a foreign national who applies as a member of the self-employed persons class is not a self-employed person within the meaning of subsection 88(1), the application shall be refused and no further assessment is required.