41 Persons with [learning difficulties] [additional learning needs].E+W
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(1)In discharging its functions under sections 31, 32 and 34(1)(a) to (d) and (g) the [Welsh Ministers] must have regard—
(a)to the needs of persons with [learning difficulties, and] [additional learning needs;]
[(b)in particular, to any report of an assessment conducted under section ... 140.]
[(b)to the desirability of facilities being available which would assist the discharge of duties under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018.]
[(2)If the [Welsh Ministers are] satisfied that [they cannot] secure the provision of facilities for education or training which are sufficient in quantity and adequate in quality for a person with a learning difficulty who is over compulsory school age but who has not attained the age of 19 unless [they also secure] the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the [Welsh Ministers must] secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.]
[(3)If the [Welsh Ministers are] satisfied that [they cannot] secure the provision of reasonable facilities for education or training for a person with a learning difficulty who has attained the age of 19 but not the age of 25 unless [they also secure] the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the [Welsh Ministers must] secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.]
[(4)If the [Welsh Ministers are] satisfied that [they cannot] secure the provision of reasonable facilities for education or training for a person with a learning difficulty who has attained the age of 25 unless [they also secure] the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the [Welsh Ministers may] secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.]
[(5)A person has a learning difficulty if—
(a)he has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of his age, or
(b)he has a disability which either prevents or hinders him from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions providing post-16 education or training.]
[(5A)In this Part, “additional learning needs” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, and “additional learning provision” has the meaning given by section 3 of that Act.]
[(6)But a person is not to be taken to have a learning difficulty solely because the language (or form of language) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language (or form of language) which has at any time been spoken in his home.]
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