PART 2Disability assistance for children and young people
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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).