Section 63 — Accounts, reports and forward plans

(1) In the National Health Service Act 2006—

(a) in section 43, omit subsections (3B) and (3C) (requirements relating to content etc of forward plan for NHS foundation trusts);

(b) in paragraph 27 of Schedule 7, omit sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) (which require the forward plan to be prepared by the directors etc).

(2) In the Health and Social Care Act 2012—

(a) omit section 155 (accounts: transfer of functions relating to accounts from the regulator to the Secretary of State);

(b) in section 156 omit—

(i) subsection (3) (power to provide for content of annual reports to be prescribed by regulations rather than determined by the regulator);

(ii) subsection (4) (duty to give forward plan to Secretary of State, rather than to the regulator).