32 Education and training for persons over 19.E+W
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(1)The [Welsh Ministers] must secure the provision of reasonable facilities for—
(a)education (other than higher education) suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of 19,
(b)training suitable to the requirements of such persons,
(c)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education, and
(d)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such training.
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(3)In performing the duty imposed [on them] by subsection (1) the [Welsh Ministers] must—
(a)take account of the places where facilities are provided, the character of facilities and the way they are equipped;
(b)take account of the different abilities and aptitudes of different persons;
(c)take account of the education and training required in different sectors of employment for employees and potential employees;
[(cc)take account of the education and training that is required in order to ensure that employees and potential employees are available who are able to deliver additional learning provision in Welsh;
(cd)take account of the education and training that is required in order to ensure that facilities are available for assessing through the medium of Welsh whether persons have additional learning needs;]
(d)take account of facilities whose provision the [Welsh Ministers think] might reasonably be secured by other persons;
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(5)For the purposes of this section—
(a)education includes both full-time and part-time education;
(b)training includes both full-time and part-time training;
(c)training includes vocational, social, physical and recreational training;
(d)higher education is education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988.
(6)References in this Part to post-16 education are to—
(a)education falling within section 31(1)(a) or subsection (1)(a) above, and
(b)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such education.
(7)References in this Part to post-16 training are to—
(a)training falling within section 31(1)(b) or subsection (1)(b) above, and
(b)organised leisure-time occupation connected with such training.
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