Humber Bridge Act 1959 Amendment Order 2026

UK New Legislation

Published March 10th, 2026

Detected March 10th, 2026

Summary

The Humber Bridge Act 1959 (Amendment) Order 2026 amends the Humber Bridge Act 1959, replacing the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership with the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority and Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority as the nominating bodies for the Humber Bridge Board. This change is effective March 10, 2026.

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What changed

The Humber Bridge Act 1959 (Amendment) Order 2026, effective March 10, 2026, amends Section 6(1)(e) of the Humber Bridge Act 1959. It replaces the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership with the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority and the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority as the bodies responsible for nominating directors to the Humber Bridge Board. This change addresses an inoperative nominating body.

This amendment is administrative and does not foresee significant impact on private, voluntary, or public sectors. No specific compliance actions are required for regulated entities beyond awareness of the updated nominating authorities for the Humber Bridge Board. The Department for Transport has assessed that no impact assessment is necessary due to the lack of anticipated significant impact.

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Statutory Instruments

2026 No. 251

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND

The Humber Bridge Act 1959 (Amendment) Order 2026

Made

9th March 2026

Coming into force

10th March 2026

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 6(1)(e) of the Humber Bridge Act 1959(1).

Citation, commencement and extent

—(1) This Order may be cited as the Humber Bridge Act 1959 (Amendment) Order 2026.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Humber Bridge Act 1959

In section 6(1)(e) of the Humber Bridge Act 1959, for “Humber Local Enterprise Partnership” substitute “Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority and Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority”.

Simon Lightwood

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Transport

9th March 2026

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Humber Bridge Act 1959 (“ the Act ”) using the power conferred by section 6(1)(e) of the Act, as substituted by section 3(3) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Humber Bridge Act 2013. The Act provides for the construction and ongoing maintenance of the Humber Bridge and approaching roads and establishes the Humber Bridge Board (“ the Board ”) to execute the implementation of the Act.

Article 2 of this Order replaces the inoperative nominating body, the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, with the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority and Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority (“the Combined Authorities”). The Combined Authorities will now be able to nominate persons for the directors’ positions on the Board, two of which will be appointed by the constituent authorities, listed in section 6(1)(a)-(d) of the Act.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1) 1959 c. xlvi. Section 6 was substituted by section 3(3) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Humber Bridge Act 2013 (c. vi).