The word 'statement' in s178BB of the Crimes Act 1900 is singular and cannot be read as plural via the Interpretation Act 1987; a count charging two alternative false statements is duplicitous. The terminology 'unsafe and unsatisfactory' should no longer be used as a ground of appeal; practitioners should frame grounds by reference to the language of s6(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 and address the nature of the order sought separately.
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