s 41 Persons with learning difficulties additional learning needs .
(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.