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3.—(1) An application under section 69(2) shall—
(a)be made on the appropriate form;
(b)include a concise statement of the grounds on which the application is made;
(c)include an address for service in the United Kingdom; and
(d)be filed at the Office.
(2) The adjudicator shall send a copy of the appropriate form to the primary respondent.
(3) The adjudicator shall specify a period within which the primary respondent must file its defence.
(4) The primary respondent, before the end of that period, shall file a counter-statement on the appropriate form, otherwise the adjudicator may treat it as not opposing the application and may make an order under section 73(1).
(5) In its counter-statement the primary respondent shall—
(a)include an address for service in the United Kingdom;
(b)include a concise statement of the grounds on which it relies;
(c)state which of the allegations in the statement of grounds of the applicant it admits and which it denies; and
(d)state which of the allegations it is unable to admit or deny, but which it requires the applicant to prove.
(6) Any member or director of the primary respondent who is joined as a respondent to the application must be joined before the end of a period specified by the adjudicator.
(7) The adjudicator shall send a copy of the appropriate form referred to in paragraph (4) to the applicant.
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