Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 71):
Note also that when the main verb in the clause is be, there is no Predicator function, but only a Finite (also with have in some dialects). Thus Are they happy?, not do they be happy? and they aren't happy, not they don't be happy.
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To be clear, while this is strictly true for be — though Halliday advises analysing it as if Finite/Predicator in any case — it misses an important distinction for have ('possess' vs 'take'). Halliday (1994: 79, 80):
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