11.—(1) Where the Authority does not authorise the appeals committee for the purposes of article 10(1), references in this article and in articles 12 to 15–
(a)to the appeals committee shall be read as references to the Authority; and
(b)to the person appointed to chair the appeals committee shall be read as references to the convener (or, if the convener is unable to participate for any reason or if the office of convener is temporarily vacant, to such member of the Authority as shall be appointed by it for this purpose).
(2) There shall be an oral hearing, of which the Authority shall give the appellant no less than 6 weeks' notice and at which the appellant will be entitled to make oral representations, either personally or through a representative.
(3) If the appellant wishes to be represented at the hearing, he, she, or, as the case may be, it shall send written notification of the name, address and occupation of the representative to the Authority no later than 2 weeks before the hearing.
(4) The hearing shall take place in private unless the appellant requests otherwise.
(5) Unless the hearing takes place in public, the only people who may attend are–
(a)the members of the appeals committee appointed to determine the appeal;
(b)the appellant (or, in the case of a legal person, a nominee of the appellant);
(c)the appellant’s representative;
(d)any legal assessor appointed under article 14(1);
(e)any person to whom–
(i)paragraph (1) (but not paragraph (2)); or
(ii)paragraph (3),
of article 13 applies; and
(f)any employee of the Authority whose attendance the person chairing the committee has approved.