
1 
This Order may be cited as the Humber Bridge (Debts) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 19th August 1998.
2 

(1) The sums specified in paragraph (2) below which would but for the provisions of this Order otherwise be payable to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions shall cease to be payable.
(2) The sums referred to in paragraph (1) are the amounts of principal and interest due to the Secretary of State under the terms of agreements dated 29th March 1972 and 1st July 1998 made between him and the Humber Bridge Board pursuant to section 5(3) of the Humber Bridge Act 1971 as are more particularly described in the Schedule to this Order.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Helene Hayman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 
22nd July 1998We consent
James Dowd
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
22nd July 1998
SCHEDULE
Article 2(2)
1 
The sum of £63,073,470 together with related interest accruing theron from 1st April 1998 amounting to £17,329,085.08.
2 
Interest accruing from 1st April 1998 on all other sums owed to the Secretary of State to the extent that such interest exceeds 7.75 per centum per annum.
3 
All other interest on the amount specified in column (2) of an item in the table below for the period beginning 1st April in the year specified in column (3) of that item and ending on 31st March in the year following.

(1) (2) (3)
Item Amount Year
1 £240 million 1998
2 £229 million 1999
3 £217.56 million 2000
4 £205.662 million 2001
5 £193.289 million 2002
6 £180.420 million 2003
7 £167.037 million 2004
8 £153.119 million 2005
9 £138.644 million 2006
10 £123.589 million 2007
11 £107.933 million 2008
12 £91.650 million 2009
13 £74.716 million 2010
14 £57.105 million 2011
15 £38.789 million 2012
16 £19.741 million 2013
4 
Interest for
 
(a) the year 1st April 2000 to 31st March 2001 not exceeding £1,400,000; and
(b) the year 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002 not exceeding £200,000
being in each case interest that cannot be paid by applying the revenues of the Humber Bridge Board in accordance with section 75 of the Humber Bridge Act 1959.