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Qualified adult (administrative schemes).
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298.—(1) A person who, apart from this section, would be a qualified adult for the purposes of a scheme to which this section applies shall not be a qualified adult for the purposes of that scheme unless the person is a spouse within the meaning of this Act.
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(2) Notwithstanding any enactment but without prejudice to subsection (1), the circumstances in which there arises an entitlement to—
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(a) an allowance under a scheme to which this section applies, or
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(b) an increase in the amount of that allowance,
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by reference to the status or description of one or both, or all, of 2 or more persons residing or living together are those circumstances expressly set out in the scheme and not otherwise.
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(3) This section applies to the following schemes administered by the Minister and known as—
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(a) the Free Travel Scheme,
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(b) the National Fuel Scheme,
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(c) the Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme,
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(d) the Back to Education Allowance,
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(e) the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance,
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(f) the Back to Work Allowance (Employees),
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(g) the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance,
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(h) the Smokeless Fuels Allowance, and
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(i) the Household Benefits Package,
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being, in each case, the scheme in the terms as it has effect on 1 April 2004.
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