This regulation applies to the payment by the Lord Chancellor of remuneration for civil legal services provided by barristers in independent practice where the civil legal services—
Subject to regulation 5A and paragraphs (3) and (4) of this regulation, the Lord Chancellor must pay remuneration for civil legal services to which this regulation applies in accordance with the rates set out in Schedule 2.
The Lord Chancellor may pay an enhancement to the hourly rates set out in Table 1 of Schedule 2 where—
Subject to paragraph (3B), when calculating the percentage by which the hourly rates may be enhanced under paragraph (3), the Lord Chancellor must have regard to the—
The Lord Chancellor must not pay an enhancement which exceeds—
Where a barrister in independent practice who is not a Queen’s Counsel provides civil legal services in a category not listed in Table 1 or Table 2 in Schedule 2, in considering the rate at which to remunerate the barrister for the services provided, the Lord Chancellor must have regard to the rates set out in Table 1 and the provisions relating to enhancement under paragraphs (3) to (3B).
Where a barrister in independent practice who is a Queen’s Counsel provides civil legal services in a category not listed in Table 2 in Schedule 2, in considering the rate at which to remunerate the barrister for the services provided, the Lord Chancellor must have regard to the rates set out in that Table.
For the purpose of this regulation—