62Preparation of service standards

62 Preparation of service standards

(1) The Head, Recycling Victoria may prepare a service standard.

(2) The Head, Recycling Victoria must submit a service standard to the Minister for approval.

(3) A service standard must provide for the quality and performance standards for the delivery of a waste, recycling or resource recovery service.

(4) A service standard may provide for—

S. 62(4)(a) amended by No. 36/2022 s. 12.

(a) the persons or classes of person, or entities or classes of entity to whom the standard applies; and

S. 62(4)(b) amended by No. 36/2022 s. 12.

(b) the persons or classes of person, or entities or classes of entity exempt from the standard; and

(c) the services or classes of service to which the standard applies; and

(d) separating and sorting specified types of waste; and

(e) separating and sorting specified types of recycling material; and

(f) the methods of identifying types of waste and recycling material; and

(g) the contents of particular bins used in municipal residual waste or municipal recycling services provided for or on behalf of a council; and

(h) service performance and reporting, and may include the following—

(i) the rates of recycling of specified types of recycling material or classes of recycling material;

(ii) the rates of contamination of waste or recycling material;

(iii) the rates of waste sent to landfill;

(iv) the quality of recycling material;

(v) the details of the reuse of recycled material;

(vi) comparisons of matters referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (v) across different periods of reporting;

(vii) the continuity of service where risk of failure or disruption may arise; and

(i) different standards or requirements for different types of services; and

(j) different standards or requirements for different types of material or waste; and

(k) different standards or requirements for different metropolitan or regional areas; and

(l) any other matter the Head, Recycling Victoria considers relevant or that the Minister directs.