"GREATER OR LESSER OF X AND Y"

(Version anglaise seulement)

This article deals with an issue related exclusively to the drafting of the English version of legislative texts. The very nature of the article causes it to be available in English only.

When a provision refers to "the greater of", "the greatest of", or "the lesser of", "the least of", two or more alternative amounts, use "and" rather than "or" to link the amounts.

Examples:

… the greater of X and Y

… the greatest of X, Y and Z

  5. The fee payable is the lesser of

• (a) … , and
• (b) …

The above examples also apply to the use of the words "later", "latest", "earlier", "earliest", etc.

When paragraphs must be read together in order to make clear the meaning of the provision, a comma, rather than a semicolon, is the correct punctuation to use at the end of each paragraph (except the last).

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