(1) If no decision for the grant or refusal of an application for a service licence is given to the applicant within the period specified under section 63(2), the applicant shall, upon an application being made in accordance with subsection (2), have the right to be heard by the Commission.
(2) The application for a hearing before the Commission under subsection (1) shall be made be in the prescribed form within 14 days of the end of the period specified in section 63(2).
(3) A hearing before the Commission under this section shall be held within 14 days of an application being submitted under subsection (2) and the Commission shall grant or refuse the service licence and give notice of its decision to the applicant within 14 days of the hearing.
(4) Where after a hearing under this section the Commission refuses to grant the service licence, the applicant shall have a right of appeal pursuant to section 96(5).
(5) Where the Commission fails to comply with subsection (3), the service licence shall be deemed to be refused and the applicant shall have a right of appeal pursuant to section 96(5).
(Substituted by Act 3 of 2016)