Household Waste Recycling Act 2003

The Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (c 29) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Household Waste Recycling Act 2003^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make further provision regarding the collection, composting and recycling of household waste; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2003 c 29
Territorial extent	England and Wales[2]
Dates
Royal assent	30 October 2003
Commencement	30 December 2003[3]
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

It has been suggested that this Act should be amended to increase the number of recyclable items that collection authorities must collect from households to at least seven.^[4]

Section 5 - Short title, commencement and extent

Section 5(2) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months.^[5] The day (that is to say, 30 October 2003) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months.^[6] This means that the Act came into force on 30 December 2003.