SCHEDULE 2U.K.Transitional, transitory and saving provisions

Financial and audit mattersU.K.

13.—(1) The General Council—

(a)must prepare a statement of the Board's accounts in respect of a period ending immediately before the appointed day;

(b)must submit a report on the performance of the Board for the period since the last report under article 27(1) of the 2003 Order; and

(c)may do anything else that appears to the General Council to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the abolition of the Board.

(2) Notwithstanding their revocation, articles 27(2) to (4) and 29(2) to (9) of the 2003 Order apply in respect of the accounts or report prepared or submitted in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) as if they had been prepared by the Board and references in those articles to the Board shall be read as references to the General Council.