The Children's Commissioner must take reasonable steps to involve children in the discharge of the primary function.
The Commissioner must in particular take reasonable steps to—
ensure that children are aware of the Commissioner's primary function and how they may communicate with him or her, and
consult children, and organisations working with children, on the matters the Commissioner proposes to consider or investigate in the discharge of the primary function.
The Children's Commissioner must for the purposes of this section have particular regard to children who are within section 8A (children living away from home or receiving social care) and other groups of children who the Commissioner considers do not have adequate means by which they can make their views known.