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25B Functions of the independent reviewing officer
(1) The independent reviewing officer must—
(a) monitor the performance by the local authority of their functions in relation to the child's case;
(b) participate, in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State, in any review of the child's case;
(c) ensure that any ascertained wishes and feelings of the child concerning the case are given due consideration by the local authority;
(d) perform any other function which is prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(2) An independent reviewing officer's functions must be performed—
(a) in such manner (if any) as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State; and
(b) having regard to such guidance as that authority may issue in relation to the discharge of those functions.
(3) If the independent reviewing officer considers it appropriate to do so, the child's case may be referred by that officer to—
(a) an officer of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service; ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) If the independent reviewing officer is not an officer of the local authority, it is the duty of the authority—
(a) to co-operate with that individual; and
(b) to take all such reasonable steps as that individual may require of them to enable that individual's functions under this section to be performed satisfactorily.
Your change, as a redline
25B Functions of the independent reviewing officer
(1) The independent reviewing officer must—
(a) monitor the performance by the local authority of their functions in relation to the child's case;
(b) participate, in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State, in any review of the child's case;
(c) ensure that any ascertained wishes and feelings of the child concerning the case are given due consideration by the local authority;
(d) perform any other function which is prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(2) An independent reviewing officer's functions must be performed—
(a) in such manner (if any) as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State; and
(b) having regard to such guidance as that authority may issue in relation to the discharge of those functions.
(3) If the independent reviewing officer considers it appropriate to do so, the child's case may be referred by that officer to—
(a) an officer of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service; ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) If the independent reviewing officer is not an officer of the local authority, it is the duty of the authority—
(a) to co-operate with that individual; and
(b) to take all such reasonable steps as that individual may require of them to enable that individual's functions under this section to be performed satisfactorily.
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