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The Special Provisions enable the parties to amend the general conditions. Amendments of one kind or another are inevitable in any contract in order to meet the specific needs of the project. As FIDIC points out in its Guidance, local legal requirements may necessitate modifications to the general conditions, particularly if they are to be used on domestic contracts. Where any amendments are made to the general conditions great care needs to be taken to ensure both that the amendments are internally consistent and that they are consistent with the unamended general conditions; confusion and disputes are otherwise likely to arise.

As FIDIC points out in the Guidance, the Special Provisions have priority over the general conditions, with the Contract Data having priority over the Special Provisions. This is consistent with clause 1.5 of the general conditions, which sets out the priority of documents forming the contract in the event of any conflict, ambiguity or discrepancy between them.