6General powers
(1)Subject to the other provisions of the Humber Bridge Acts 1959 to 2013, the Board may:
(a)do anything which appears to the Board to be necessary or desirable for the purpose of, or in connection with, the maintenance, operation, management, improvement, repair and renewal of the bridge;
(b)promote, or participate with others in the promotion of, the economic development of the Humber area; and
(c)do any other thing (including the provision of facilities and the carrying on of any business) which in the opinion of the Board can usefully be undertaken by the Board by virtue of the Board's functions in relation to the bridge and which, in the opinion of the Board, is likely to provide economic, social, cultural or environmental benefits to all or some of the population of, or visitors to, the Humber area.
(2)In exercising the powers of this section, the Board must have regard to the desirability of minimising in the longer term the level of tolls to be levied in respect of vehicles passing over or on the bridge.
(3)In subsection (1), “the Humber area” means the area of the constituent authorities.