Commentary on Sections Part 6 - the Children’s Commissioner Section 112: Business plans
449.New section 7B (inserted into the 2004 Act by section 112) imposes requirements on the Children’s Commissioner to consult on, and then publish, a business plan. Subsection (1) sets out what should be included in the business plan. Subsections (2) and (3) set out the time period that the business plan should cover and when it should be published. Subsection (4) requires the Commissioner to consult children and bodies which represent a range of relevant interests and other persons who the Commissioner considers appropriate on the content of the business plan before it is published. Subsection (5) provides that when consulting children, the Commissioner should, in particular, take steps to consult children falling within section 8A and other children who do not have adequate means to make their views known.