Article 14 Procedure as to suspension, revocation and refusal of licence

the local authority shall serve on the holder of the licence or the applicant for the licence, as the case may be, a notice informing him of their proposal and the reasons therefor and of his right under the next succeeding subparagraph;

the holder of the licence or the applicant for the licence, as the case may be, may, within 21 days after the receipt of such a notice, make representations in writing to the local authority in regard to the proposal and may require the local authority to afford him an opportunity of being heard by the appropriate committee of the local authority, and the local authority shall comply with any such requirement before making their decision;

any such hearing by a committee shall be in public and the holder of the licence or the applicant for the licence, as the case may be, shall be entitled to be heard by himself or by counsel or a solicitor or other representative as he may elects and he or his representative shall be entitled to call witnesses and to cross-examine such witnesses as may be called by another; and

subject to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the procedure at any such hearing shall be such as may be determined by the committee.