Section 9: Commissioner's functions in relation to certain young people

This section applies for the purposes of this Part, other than sections 2A and 8A (and references in this Part to a child who is within section 8A).

For the purposes of the Children's Commissioner's functions in respect of children in England, a reference to a child includes, in addition to a person under the age of 18—

For the purposes of the Children's Commissioner's functions in respect of children in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a reference to a child includes, in addition to a person under the age of 18, a person aged 18 or over and under 25—

For the purposes of this section—

• " EHC plan " means a plan within section 37(2) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (education, health and care plans);

• " learning disability " means a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which induces significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning;

• a person is "looked after by a local authority" if—

  (a)for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, he or she is looked after by a local authority in Wales;

  (b)for the purposes of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, he or she is looked after by a local authority in Scotland;

  (c)for the purposes of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, he or she is looked after by an authority in Northern Ireland.