Guidance Library

Child Disability Payment

Child Disability Payment

Guidance can be provided by directing or leading someone by physical means or verbal suggestion or persuasion. Supervision is the precautionary or anticipatory presence of another person to monitor an individual’s physical, mental or emotional health.

How to establish who should act on the child's behalf.

Child Disability Payment

‘Substantial’ should be given its ordinary, everyday meaning. Substantial danger could result from a fall, exposure, or neglect.

A person needs to be practicably able to act for the child as well as having the legal authority.

What the date of application is, and what happens when someone applies before they meet the backwards test.

Child Disability Payment

Setting review periods for existing Child Disability Payment (CDP) awards

Child Disability Payment

Case managers are responsible for determining whether or not an individual is entitled to CDP.

Child Disability Payment

The information a case manager can ask for will depend on what answer the applicant gave about how they gained parental rights and responsibilities.