They were able, through making amendments to this legislation, to get to a point whereby on 10 November 2021, before the second reading of this legislation, the Attorney-General was able to write to the House and inform the House that because of those amendments to the bill, he was satisfied that while there would still be a limit of freedom of expression within a safe area, under section 14 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, it would do so in a way that is demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society under section 5.