232Abolition of Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
(1)The following provisions of the 2006 Act are omitted—
section 243 (establishment and functions of the Commission); and
Schedule 16 (further provision about the Commission).
(2)The property, rights and liabilities of the Commission are by virtue of this subsection transferred to the Secretary of State for Health (including any property, rights and liabilities that would not otherwise be capable of being transferred).
(3)Any legal proceedings relating to anything transferred under subsection (2) may be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Health.
(4)Subsection (5) applies if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the Commission has carried out, or has substantially carried out, its functions under section 243(5) of the 2006 Act (review by Commission of annual reports of Patients' Forums) in relation to the final reports of the Patients' Forums.
(5)The Secretary of State may fix the period that is to be the Commission’s final reporting period for the purposes of paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 16 to the 2006 Act (Commission’s annual report and accounts) by notifying that period to—
(a)the Commission; and
(b)the Comptroller and Auditor General.
(6)Paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 16 to the 2006 Act shall have effect as if the final reporting period notified under subsection (5) were a financial year.
(7)Paragraphs 11(2) and 12(1) of Schedule 16 to the 2006 Act do not require the Commission to prepare annual accounts and reports in respect of any time after the end of the final reporting period notified under subsection (5).
(8)The period notified under subsection (5)—
(a)must be a period beginning with 1st April in any year; and
(b)may be a period of, or longer or shorter than, 12 months.
(9)In this section—
“the 2006 Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41);
“the Commission” means the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.