[11-504] Obligations of the court taking the plea
the purpose of s 192(2) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 is to ensure that, to the knowledge of the court, an accused adequately understands the charge they are pleading to: Collier v DPP at [53]. Generally in the case of an unrepresented accused, to ensure that they understand the charges and unequivocally plead to those charges it is necessary that the court state the substance of each offence to the accused and take separate pleas for each: Collier v DPP at [59].
From NSW Bench book
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