3.—(1) In article 5(3A), for “payment shall be” substitute “payment shall, subject to paragraph (7B), be”.

(2) In article 5(4A), for “payment shall be” substitute “payment shall, subject to paragraph (7B), be”.

(3) After article 5(7A) insert—

“(7B) The maximum rate applicable in relation to any specialist immigration work shall be 5% greater than the maximum rate which would be applicable to that work but for this paragraph.

(7C) In paragraph (7B)—

“maximum rate” means a rate specified by this article as the rate that may not be exceeded in relation to payment by the Commission under a contract for the provision of funded services;

“specialist immigration work” means work carried out by a member of the Legal Services Commission’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme who is accredited to level 3 of that Scheme where—

(a)

immigration is authorised as a specific category of work in the schedule to the contract with the Commission under which it is provided; and

(b)

that work is within the category of immigration.”.