Statement by respondent
6.—(1) The respondent shall within 14 days from the date of service of the summons file in court a statement indicating –
(a)whether he contests the application on the grounds, that in the case of any particular company –
(i)he was not a director or shadow director of the company at a time when conduct of his, or of other persons, in relation to that company is in question, or
(ii)his conduct as director or shadow director of that company was not as alleged in support of the application for a disqualification order,
(b)whether, in the case of any conduct of his, he disputes the allegation that such conduct makes him unfit to be concerned in the management of a company, and
(c)whether he, while not resisting the application for a disqualification order, intends to adduce mitigating factors with a view to justifying only a short period of disqualification.
(2) The respondent shall forthwith after filing such statement serve a copy upon the applicant.