Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) from subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

(a) the applicable period for an offer to make amends has expired; or

(b) by omitting subsections (2) , (3) , (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsections:

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, the applicable period for an offer to make amends is –

(a) if the aggrieved person has provided further particulars in response to a further particulars notice about a concerns notice after 14 days have elapsed since the concerns notice was given – 14 days since the publisher was given the further particulars; or

(b) in any other case – 28 days since the publisher was given a concerns notice by the aggrieved person.

(3)  If a publisher gives more than one further particulars notice, subsection (2)(a) applies only in respect of the first notice.