Parental requests
12.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a parent of a registered pupil may at any time request the head teacher to give a direction (or a further direction), or to revoke or vary a direction currently in force.
(2) Such a request may be made orally or in writing and shall include the reasons for which it is made.
(3) The head teacher shall not be obliged to entertain a request to revoke or vary a direction currently in force more than once during each of–
(a)the operative period of that direction; and
(b)the operative period of any further direction or directions given under regulations 9 or 10.