Certain nominations not to be accepted

(1) NICH must not accept a nomination of a place or object under this section if– (a) in the preceding 12 months, the Minister had refused to register or had revoked the registration of that place or object; or (b) in the preceding 12 months, the Council had refused an application for reasons of non- compliance, and at the date of the application, there was still non-compliance with the conditions (2) NICH may accept a nomination relating to a place or object referred to in sub-section (1)(a) or (b) if NICH receives significant new information relating to that place or object which was not available to NICH, the Council or the Minister in reaching the decision referred to in sub-section (1).