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7.—(1) Where an application is made for representation in a multi-party action which the Director considers has a significant wider public interest, the Director may, if the Director considers it equitable to do so, do one or both of the following—
(a)disapply the eligibility limits in regulation 6 in respect of those services in relation to specific issues within the multi-party action; and
(b)waive all or part of any contribution payable under Part 3.
(2) In this regulation—
“multi-party action” means any action or actions, in which a number of clients have causes of action, which involve common issues of fact or law arising out of the same cause or event;
“wider public interest” means the potential of proceedings to produce real benefits for individuals other than the client (other than any general benefits which normally flow from proceedings of the type in question).
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