35. Continuous needs assessment by Protection Officer and variation of protection arrangement

The Authority or the Protection Division shall require a Protection Officer to conduct a continuous needs assessment of victims of crime and witnesses who have received protection under the provisions of this Act.

A Protection Officer may, where he is of the opinion that any protection arrangement made in respect of any victim of crime or witness needs to be varied, vary such protection arrangement and shall report such fact, along with the reasons therefor, to the Protection Division through the officer-in-charge of the relevant police station.

In deciding whether any protection arrangement shall be varied under this section, particular regard shall be had to-

Where there is an urgent need to protect a victim of crime or witness in any police division, a Protection Officer shall make such arrangement as he considers appropriate for the purpose of providing such urgent protection to such victim of crime or witness.