Child Disability Payment decision making guide

Watching over

“Watching over” should be given its ordinary meaning, which is to: pay attention to someone to make

sure that nothing bad happens to them.

Source: www.collinsdictionary.com

Frequent intervals at night

The frequent intervals do not need to be spread throughout the night (CDP regs, reg. 11(1)(d)), but can be concentrated in one part of the night.

Frequent should be given its ordinary meaning. There is no strict numerical test. However, it is unlikely that once or twice would amount to “frequent”.

Prolonged or repeated

Prolonged is not defined in the legislation but is generally understood to be for a period in excess of 20 minutes.

Repeated means more than once – it is not a single or occasional occurrence.

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