(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the granting of a certificate is at the entire discretion of the licensing Board and upon such conditions as the Board may determine and the certificate shall, subject to any special conditions imposed by the Board in any particular case, be in the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
(2) Any person is at liberty to oppose the grant of a certificate by notice in the form prescribed in Schedule 4 served upon the clerk at least 7 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application for a certificate; and the clerk shall serve upon the applicant a copy of the Notice of Objection at least 3 days before the date fixed for hearing.