A licence disqualification order under s 89(4) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) running from the date of sentence may constitute sentencing error where the judge fails to advert to the interaction between the disqualification period and pre-sentence detention, producing unintended disparate results among co-offenders. The disqualification period should be calibrated to produce the intended post-release penalty. Drug addiction, being self-inflicted, does not require a sentencing judge to give it greater weight than was given in the circumstances.
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