What is the Streamlined Process (SP)?
A. The Streamlined Process (SP) is aimed at providing · a more proportionate prosecution file to process straight forward volume guilty plea cases suitable for sentencing in the magistrates’ court, and · producing a file sufficient for the first hearing in likely contested or more complex cases to enable the court to make effective case management decisions to support the CJ-SSS initiative, and · a staged and proportionate approach in the preparation of cases which must be referred to a prosecutor for a charging decision.