16(1)Section 32 (supplementary provisions relating to discharge by the Welsh Ministers of their functions) is amended as follows.E+W+N.I.
(2)In subsection (1)(c)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (ii) before “requirements” insert “ reasonable ”;
(b)for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—
“(iii)the reasonable requirements of persons with learning difficulties. ”
F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)Omit subsection (4A).
(5)For subsection (6) substitute—
“(6)In this section “persons with learning difficulties” means—
(a)children with special educational needs (as defined in section 312 of the Education Act 1996), and
(b)other persons who—
(i)have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of their age, or
(ii)have a disability which either prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for persons of their age.
(7)But a person is not to be taken to have a learning difficulty solely because the language (or form of language) in which the person is or will be taught is different from a language (or form of language) which has at any time been spoken in the person's home.”
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 12 para. 16(3) omitted (21.9.2015) by virtue of Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5), s. 60(2), Sch. 4 para. 9(4); S.I. 2015/1687, art. 2 (with arts. 3-12)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 16 in force at 1.11.2010 by S.I. 2010/2413, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3-5)