(1) If no recommendation is made by the Agency within the period specified in section 15(5) or if no notification is given by the Minister to the applicant within the 14 day period specified in section 16(1), the applicant shall have the right to make a case before the Agency and the Agency shall hear the case following an application to the Agency by the applicant.
(2) The application for a hearing before the Agency shall be in the prescribed form.
(3) Where, after a hearing under subsection (2)—
(a) the application is refused; or
(b) the Agency fails to make a recommendation or the Minister fails to give a notice within 14 days of the hearing,
the applicant shall have the right to appeal under section 96.