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Humber Bridge (Debts) Act 1996

1996 CHAPTER 1

An Act to confer power on the Secretary of State to provide that sums payable to him by the Humber Bridge Board shall not be so payable.

[29th February 1996]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.

1 Power of Secretary of State E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that any sum (including interest) which would otherwise be payable to the Secretary of State by the Humber Bridge Board in accordance with an agreement under section 5(3) of the M1 Humber Bridge Act 1971, and which is specified in the order, shall not be so payable.

(2) No order shall be made under subsection (1) without the consent of the Treasury.

(3) The power to make an order under subsection (1) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

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Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c. xlvii.

2 Short title. E+W+S+N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Humber Bridge (Debts) Act 1996.