1(1)The applicant for the grant of a licence under Part III of this Act shall, not less than five weeks before the hearing of the application, give notice in writing of the application to the chief constable and the clerk of the licensing board and serve both of them with a copy of—S
(i)the certificate of the Secretary of State,
(ii)the draft rules which it is proposed to make as respects the persons entitled to use the canteen,
(iii)a plan of the canteen and particulars of the access to the canteen and of the sanitary accommodation for persons using the canteen.
(2)The clerk of the licensing board shall, not later than three weeks before the hearing of the application, cause to be published notice of the application in one or more newspapers circulating in the licensing area.
(3)A notice under this paragraph shall state the name and address of the person who is to be the holder of the licence, the types of alcoholic liquor it is desired to sell under the licence, and the situation of the canteen.
2SWhere an applicant has, through inadvertence or misadventure, failed to comply with the foregoing paragraph, the licensing board may, upon such terms as it thinks fit, postpone consideration of the application and, if upon any such postponed consideration it is satisfied that any terms so imposed have been complied with, may deal with the application as if that paragraph had been complied with.