15.—Section 8 of the Act of 1980 shall apply to the conduct by the Ombudsman for Children of investigations by him or her under this Act as it applies to the conduct by the Ombudsman of investigations by him or her under that Act with the modification that the reference in subsection (2)(a) of that section to any F11[reviewable agency (within the meaning of that Act) concerned] shall be construed as a reference to any public body, school or voluntary hospital concerned, and with any other necessary modifications.