diff --git a/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/main/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProvider.java b/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/main/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProvider.java
index 97f2dc0e..315a8445 100644
--- a/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/main/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProvider.java
+++ b/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/main/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProvider.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
+import jakarta.json.JsonString;
 import jakarta.json.JsonValue;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -69,9 +70,9 @@ private ProsecutingAuthorityAccess buildFromResponseJson(final JsonObject respon
 
         final List<String> agentProsecutors = Optional
                 .ofNullable(responsePayload.getJsonArray("agentProsecutorAuthorityAccess"))
-                .map(agentAccess -> agentAccess.getValuesAs(JsonObject.class)
+                .map(agentAccess -> agentAccess.getValuesAs(JsonString.class)
                         .stream()
-                        .map(agent -> agent.getString("prosecutingAuthority"))
+                        .map(JsonString::getString)
                         .collect(Collectors.toList()))
                 .orElse(Collections.emptyList());
 
diff --git a/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProviderTest.java b/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProviderTest.java
index ca67f319..4f76528a 100644
--- a/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProviderTest.java
+++ b/access-control-parent/access-control-providers/access-control-sjp-providers/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/accesscontrol/sjp/providers/ProsecutingAuthorityProviderTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package uk.gov.moj.cpp.accesscontrol.sjp.providers;
 
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.UUID.randomUUID;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
@@ -162,6 +163,41 @@ public void shouldIgnoreAccessControlIfTheAccessControlDisabledPropertyIsTrueFor
         verify(logger).trace("Skipping prosecuting authority access control due to configuration");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldParseAgentProsecutorAuthorityAccessAsListOfStrings() {
+
+        when(requester.requestAsAdmin(any()))
+                .thenReturn(userDetailsResponseWithAgentAccess(PROSECUTING_AUTHORITY, "TFL", "TVL"));
+
+        final ProsecutingAuthorityAccess access =
+                prosecutingAuthorityProvider.getCurrentUsersProsecutingAuthorityAccess(callingEnvelope);
+
+        assertThat(access.getProsecutingAuthority(), is(PROSECUTING_AUTHORITY));
+        assertThat(access.getAgentProsecutorAuthorityAccess(), is(asList("TFL", "TVL")));
+
+        assertLogStatement();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldGrantAccessViaAgentProsecutorAuthority() {
+
+        when(requester.requestAsAdmin(any()))
+                .thenReturn(userDetailsResponseWithAgentAccess(PROSECUTING_AUTHORITY, "TFL", "TVL"));
+
+        assertThat(prosecutingAuthorityProvider.userHasProsecutingAuthorityAccess(
+                callingEnvelope, "TVL"), is(true));
+
+        assertLogStatement();
+    }
+
+    private JsonEnvelope userDetailsResponseWithAgentAccess(final String prosecutingAuthorityAccess,
+                                                            final String... agentProsecutorAuthorities) {
+        return envelope()
+                .withPayloadOf(prosecutingAuthorityAccess, "prosecutingAuthorityAccess")
+                .withPayloadOf(agentProsecutorAuthorities, "agentProsecutorAuthorityAccess")
+                .build();
+    }
+
     private void givenUserHasNoProsecutingAuthorityAccess() {
         final JsonEnvelope build = JsonEnvelopeBuilder.envelope()
                 .withPayloadOf("Fred Bloggs", "name")
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53534c5d..0c264213 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <assignment.version>8.0.5</assignment.version>
         <usersgroups.version>17.104.48</usersgroups.version>
         <progression.version>17.0.262</progression.version>
-        <hearing.version>17.104.168</hearing.version>
+        <hearing.version>17.104.176</hearing.version>
         <sjp.version>17.103.169</sjp.version>
         <referencedata.version>17.103.133</referencedata.version>
         <versions-manven-plugin.version>2.15.0</versions-manven-plugin.version>