# Health and Care Act 2022, Section 63: Accounts, reports and forward plans

Extent: E+W

(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/31/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022/section-63
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