No. 12 Media Services 2016 behalf of the person making the offer of amends to prove that the words were so published. (4) An offer of amends referred shall be construed and understood to mean an offer(a) in any case, to publish or join in the publication of a suitable correction of the words complained of, and a sufficient apology to the party aggrieved in respect of those words; and (b) where copies of a document or record containing the written words have been distributed by or with the knowledge of the person making the offer, to take such steps as are reasonably practicable on for notifying persons to whom copies have been so distributed that the words are alleged to be defamatory of the party aggrieved. (5) Where an offer of amends is accepted by the party aggrieved: (a) any question as to the step to be taken in fulfillment of the offer as so accepted shall, in default of agreement between the parties, be referred to and determined by the court; and (b) power of the court to make orders as to costs in proceedings by the party aggrieved against the person making the offer in respect of the publication in question or in proceedings in respect of the offer referred to under paragraph (a) shall include power to order the payment by the person making the offer to the party aggrieved of the costs of an indemnity basis, and expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by that party in consequence of the publication in question. (6) Where no proceedings have been commenced in pursuance to subsection (1), the court may, upon application made by the party aggrieved, make an order for 29