151.This section requires the Welsh Ministers to exercise their functions in a way that supports the persons listed in subsection (2) in performing functions conferred on them by or under Parts 2 to 4 of the Act.
152.The reference to Parts 2 to 4 means that this duty does not apply in relation to functions conferred on a person by or under the provisions of the Act relating to post- compulsory education in maintained schools, or under Part 6 itself.