Requesting information
7.—(1) Any reference in these Regulations to a request by a parent is a reference to a request which–
(a)is in writing or in another form which, by reason of its having some permanency, is capable of being used for subsequent reference (as, for example, a recording made on audio or video tape);
(b)states the name of the applicant and an address for correspondence; and
(c)describes the information requested.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) (and without prejudice to the generality of that sub paragraph), a request is to be treated as made in writing where the text of the request is–
(a)transmitted by electronic means;
(b)received in legible form; and
(c)capable of being used for subsequent reference.