126When offer to make amends may be made

126 When offer to make amends may be made (1) An offer to make amends cannot be made if— (a) the applicable period for an offer to make amends has expired; or (b) a defence has been served in an action brought by the aggrieved person against the publisher in relation to the matter in question. (2) For this division, 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 1 further particulars notice, subsection (2) (a) applies only in relation to the first notice.