Remuneration under contracts

5.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to contracts which have been awarded otherwise than—

(a) after competitive tendering as to price has taken place;

(b) in relation to a particular case (including group litigation or potential group litigation);

(c) as part of any pilot which provides for remuneration by way of one or more standard fees; or

(d) as part of the Community Legal Advice Centres and Community Legal Advice Networks set up by the Commission.

(2) Any contract for the provision of funded services under section 6(3) of the Act—

(a) will provide for payment by the Commission at the fees and hourly rates set out in the Schedule to this Order; and

(b) may provide for a percentage enhancement to the hourly rates set out in the Schedule to this Order, provided that the percentage enhancement must not exceed—

(i) 200% for non family proceedings in the High Court, Court of Appeal or House of Lords; and

(ii) 100% for all other proceedings.