Paramountcy Provisions

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• Report on the Use of "Paramount" Clauses in Acts and Regulations to Override the FOIP Act
  

  A paramountcy provision states that a provision in law this is paramount trumps the other law when there are two provisions that are in conflict or are inconsistent with each other. This report outlines how a paramountcy provision works, when it should be used, and provides examples of appropriate and inappropriate paramountcy provisions relative to the FOIP Act. Published in November 2011.