5Supply of goods and services by approved disability employment organisations

#### 5 Supply of goods and services by approved disability employment organisations 5 Supply of goods and services by approved disability employment organisations > > (1) A government agency may procure goods and services that are supplied by a person or body approved as a disability employment organisation under this clause. > > > (2) Section 176 of the Act does not apply in relation to the procurement of goods and services under this clause. > > > (3) However, procurement under this clause is subject to any Board direction issued in relation to such procurement. > > > (4) The Minister administering the [Disability Inclusion Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-041) may, by order, approve a person or body as a disability employment organisation if satisfied that the person or body conducts a business a principal purpose of which is to provide employment to persons with a disability. > > > (5) An approval may apply to a specified person or body or to all members of a specified class of persons or bodies. > > > (6) An approval may apply to a branch or unit within a larger body. > > > (7) For that purpose, a reference in this clause to a body includes a reference to a branch or unit within a larger body. > > > (8) An approval may be limited to specified goods and services supplied by a person or body. > > > (9) In that case, the person or body is approved as a disability employment organisation only in relation to those specified goods and services. > > > (10) A register of disability employment organisations is to be kept for the purposes of this clause and is to include particulars of approvals given under this clause. > > > (11) The register is to be kept and maintained by a person or body appointed for the time being by the Minister administering the [Disability Inclusion Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-041). > > > (12) Information contained on the register is to be made available to the public in the manner that the Minister administering the [Disability Inclusion Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-041) directs. > > > (13) In this clause, disability, in relation to a person, has the same meaning as it has in the [Disability Discrimination Act 1992](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.