[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR13.5]

[Page 364]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 13--VENDING FACILITIES OPERATED BY BLIND PERSONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 13.5  Protection from competition.

    (a) The head of the Interior bureau or office shall protect the 
blind operator of the vending facility against direct competition from 
other vendors or vending machines on property which the head of the 
Interior bureau or office controls. Other vendors or vending machines 
shall be considered in direct competition with vending facilities 
permitted under the regulations in this part if they sell or dispense 
articles which are similar or identical to those on sale at the vending 
facilities in such proximity to the vending facility as to attract 
customers who might otherwise patronize the vending facilities.
    (b) After a permit has been issued under the regulations in this 
part to a State licensing agency for operation of a vending facility, 
the head of the Interior bureau or office, except as provided in 
paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, shall take action to terminate, 
as soon as possible and with minimum interruption to the service 
afforded customers, any existing competitive arrangement for the sale of 
any articles similar to or identical to those sold or to be sold under 
the permit. Notice of such termination shall be given as required under 
the terms of the existing arrangement, or if none is provided, a notice 
of not less than 30 days shall be given in writing.
    (c) Existing arrangements with respect to vending machines need not 
be terminated if such vending machines are moved at the expense of their 
operators to locations elsewhere on the property which are 
noncompetitive with a blind-operated vending facility, or if the income 
from such machines is assigned to the blind operator.
    (d) This section shall not apply to the sale and service of food and 
other articles considered as food and usually sold in connection with 
meals by cafeterias, restaurants, or similar food dispensing 
establishments.