PART 2Disability Assistance for Working Age People

Overview3

1

An individual is entitled to Adult Disability Payment in accordance with these Regulations if the individual meets the eligibility rules in—

a

regulation 4 (entitlement to other benefits),

b

regulations 15 to 21 (residence and presence conditions),

c

regulation 22 (age criteria), and

d

one or more of the following—

i

regulation 5 (daily living component),

ii

regulation 6 (mobility component),

iii

regulation 26 (entitlement under special rules for terminal illness).

2

Adult Disability Payment is to consist of a daily living component and a mobility component.

3

There are 2 weekly rates of the daily living component and 2 weekly rates of the mobility component and those rates are specified in regulation 34 (amount and form of Adult Disability Payment).

Entitlement to other benefits4

An individual is not entitled to Adult Disability Payment while they are entitled to—

a

armed forces independence payment,

b

Attendance Allowance,

c

Child Disability Payment,

d

Disability Living Allowance, or

e

Personal Independence Payment.