reg 260 Pre-Summary Hearing
The Commanding Officer must offer a full needs assessment to victims who are required to give evidence at a Summary Hearing. In cases involving victims of the most serious crime, persistently targeted victims and vulnerable or intimidated victims (a child victim is automatically eligible for the enhanced services provided to vulnerable victims of crime) where a Needs Assessment has identified that any Special Measures are either appropriate or have been requested by the victim, and the victim may be required to give evidence at the Summary Hearing, a Commanding Officer should not hear the case and must instead refer the case to the Director of Service Prosecutions so that an appropriate decision can be made as to whether Special Measures are required.