When a payment can be made

Adult Disability Payment should be paid every four weeks, in arrears, for the period ending on the day before payment reaches the bank account for awards made under normal rules  (ADP regs,36(b)(i)).

In awards made under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness, payment is made weekly in advance (ADP regs, 36(b)(ii)).

The first payment should be adjusted to include any arrears due before settling into a 4- week payment cycle. Arrears will be calculated from the date of application, providing that:

• the individual has submitted Part 2 of their application within the 8 week timeframe specified in the Regulations (unless a good reason for lateness is applicable (ADP regs 35(5) and (6))
• the Backwards Test was satisfied at the time of application (unless the special rules for terminal illness apply)
• there are no periods spent in legal detention, hospital or similar institutions for28 days or more to take into account (subject to exceptions relating to the age of the person and where the stay over 28 days takes place)

Should a young person, who is eligible for Child Disability Payment, apply for Adult Disability Payment and then be determined as eligible, their Adult Disability Payment payment cycle should be the same as their existing Child Disability Payment payment cycle.

• If the young person’s final 4 week Child Disability Payment payment cycle is due to end on 21st April, their first 4 week Adult Disability Payment payment cycle should begin on 22nd April. They would then receive their first Adult Disability Payment payment on the same day that they would have received a payment of Child Disability Payment had that award continued, on the 20th May (ADP regs, reg. 58((2)(a)(i))).
• If the young person’s final Child Disability Payment payment, under Special Rules for Terminal Illness, is due to end on 21st April. Their first Adult Disability Payment payment cycle, under Special Rules for Terminal Illness, should begin on 22nd April. This will also mark the date for their first weekly, in advance, Adult Disability Payment payment and is the same day that they would have been paid had their Child Disability Payment award continued (ADP regs, reg. 58((2)(a)(ii))).