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HEALTH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 88 of 1992 - SECT 7

7. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting "(other than a society, association or body that is
        carried on for the purpose of profit or gain to its individual
        members)" from paragraph (d) of the definition of "eligible
        organisation";

   (b)  by adding at the end of the definition of "prescribed service" the
        following: "and includes the following services:

   (a)  an employment service approved by the Minister under section 9B;

   (b)  a service provided for persons in the target group in respect of which
        a grant of financial assistance under section 10 has previously been
        made; but, except in section 9A, does not include a transitional
        service;";

   (c)  by inserting the following definitions:

" 'applicable standards', in relation to a service, means:

   (a)  in the case of an eligible service - the eligibility standards; and

   (b)  in the case of a transitional service - the enhanced standards; and

   (c)  in the case of a prescribed service - the minimum standards;
'eligibility standards' means the standards determined by the Minister under
section 9C in relation to the provision of eligible services;
'employment service' means a service for persons with disabilities that
either:

   (a)  provides, or facilitates access to, wage generating employment for the
        majority of its clients; or

   (b)  has as its primary goal the achievement of paid employment for its
        clients;
'enhanced standards' means the standards determined by the Minister under
section 9C in relation to the provision of transitional services;
'minimum standards' means the standards determined by the Minister under
section 9C in relation to the provision of prescribed services;
'orders' means the orders made by the Minister undersection 14F;
'transitional service' means a service approved by the Minister under section
9A;
'transitional strategy', in relation to a transitional service, means the
strategy accepted by the Minister under section 9A in respect of the
service.".