11. Charging by the hour involves payment for the time worked by staff members of the firm engaged, excluding secretarial staff service.
Despite the first paragraph, time spent on typing final specifications and technical reports directly related to the contract is not considered as secretarial service; in such case, the staff assigned to that work should be remunerated on the basis of the hourly rate of auxiliary staff.
O.C. 2402-84, s. 11; O.C. 196-2023.