Regulation 3 Overview

(1)

An individual is entitled to Child Disability Payment in accordance with these Regulations if they meet the eligibility rules in—

(a)

regulation 4 (age criteria),

(b)

regulations 5 to 9 (residence and presence conditions, etc.),

(c)

regulation 10 (entitlement to other benefits),

(d)

one or more of the following—

(i)

regulation 11 (care component criterion: lowest, middle and highest rate of care component),

(ii)

regulation 12 (mobility requirements: lower rate mobility component),

(iii)

regulation 13 (mobility requirements: higher rate mobility component),

(iv)

regulation 15 (entitlement under special rules for terminal illness),

(v)

regulation 16 (entitlement to care component when undergoing dialysis).

(2)

Child Disability Payment is to consist of a care component and a mobility component.

(3)

There are 3 weekly rates of the care component and 2 weekly rates of the mobility component and those rates are specified in regulation 23 (amount and form of Child Disability Payment).