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amend
the Humber Bridge Acts 1959 to 1973; to require the Secretary
of State |
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to review the exercise of
his power under the Humber Bridge (Debts) Act |
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1996; and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Amendment of the Humber
Bridge Act 1959 |
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Composition
of Humber Bridge Board |
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(1) |
The Humber Bridge Act 1959
(ch. xlvi) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In section 6 (constitution
of Board), for “22”, substitute “24”. |
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(3) |
In that section, at the end,
insert— |
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“one member to be
appointed by the North Lincolnshire Primary Care |
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one member to be appointed
by the North East Lincolnshire Primary Care |
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(1) |
The Humber Bridge Act 1959
(ch. xlvi) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In section 68 (exemption
from tolls), after subsection (4) insert— |
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“(4A) |
Nothing in this Act shall
extend to authorise any tolls to be demanded |
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or
received from any person bearing a ‘toll exemption voucher’
as |
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(3) |
After section 68 insert— |
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“68A |
Toll
exemption vouchers |
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(1) |
For the purposes of section
68(4A), a toll exemption voucher shall be a |
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voucher
produced by the Board and issued exclusively by them to |
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qualifying
persons employed by a Primary Care Trust represented on |
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(2) |
The Board shall arrange
for toll exemption vouchers to be printed and |
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sent
to qualifying persons on demand. |
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(3) |
For the purposes of subsections
(2) qualifying persons shall be— |
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(a) |
the chief executive of a
Primary Care Trust; or |
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(b) |
a person nominated to act
in that capacity by the chief executive |
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(4) |
Qualifying persons shall
arrange for the distribution of toll exemption |
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vouchers
to residents in the areas covered by the Primary Care Trusts |
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represented
on the Board who have an identified need to attend |
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hospitals
run by the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for |
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(a) |
to receive health care; |
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(b) |
to visit someone in receipt
of health care; or |
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(c) |
for training related to
their work for the National Health |
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(5) |
Toll exemption vouchers
shall not be issued to a qualifying person until |
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the
qualifying person has lodged with the clerk of the Board a notice
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specifying
how it is proposed to distribute vouchers in accordance with |
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subsection
(4) and that notice has been approved by the Board.” |
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(1) |
The Humber Bridge Act 1959
(ch. xlvi) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In section 75 (application
of revenue), for the words from the first word |
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“undertaking”
to the word “Provided”, substitute the words— |
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“secondly in payment
of all other expenses of executing this Act being |
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expenses properly chargeable
to revenue; |
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thirdly in extending improving
and constructing (if the Board think fit) |
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any works for the purpose
of the undertaking; |
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fourthly in providing working
capital (if the Board think fit); |
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fifthly in providing a
reserve fund (if the Board think fit) in accordance |
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with the next succeeding
section; |
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sixthly in repayment to
the constituent authorities mentioned in section |
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74 (apportionment of deficiency)
of this Act of any sums paid to them |
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by the Board in pursuance
of that section; |
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seventhly in the reduction
of tolls which may be demanded taken and |
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recovered under this Act
or for such other purpose as may be approved |
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eighthly in payment of
the interest on moneys borrowed by the Board |
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under any statutory borrowing
power; and |
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ninthly in providing the
requisite appropriations instalments or sinking |
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fund payments in respect
of moneys borrowed by the Board under any |
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statutory borrowing fund.” |
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Power
of the Secretary of State relating to debts |
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Review
of Humber Bridge (Debts) Act 1996 |
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The
Secretary of State shall, from time to time, review the exercise
of his power under |
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section
1(1) of the Humber Bridge (Debts)
Act 1996 (c. 1)
(power to provide that |
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certain
amounts otherwise payable to the Secretary of State by the Humber
Bridge |
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Board
shall not be so payable), having regard to— |
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the
desirability of reducing tolls on the Humber Bridge annually in
real terms; |
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(b) |
the
desirability of the Humber Bridge Board no longer having to apply
income |
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(i) |
the
payment of interest on moneys borrowed by the Board under |
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statutory
borrowing powers; or |
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(ii) |
appropriations,
instalments or sinking fund payments in respect of |
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Miscellaneous and final
provisions |
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There
shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament— |
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(a) |
any
expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence
of this Act, |
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(b) |
any
increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money
so |
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provided
under any other enactment. |
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This Act may be cited as
the Humber Bridge Act 2005. |
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