Section 13Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)

Publisher may make offer to make amends

(1) The publisher may make an offer to make amends to the aggrieved person.
(2) The offer may be—
(a) in relation to the matter in question generally, or
(b) limited to any particular defamatory imputations that the publisher accepts that the matter in question carries.
(3) If 2 or more persons published the matter in question, an offer to make amends by one or more of them does not affect the liability of the other or others.
(4) An offer to make amends is taken to have been made without prejudice, unless the offer provides otherwise.

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