Section 567A of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) requires the Director to consider that a different sentence should have been passed in the particular case; it does not authorise appeals brought solely to challenge current sentencing practices as a factor in sentencing. An offender should not be treated merely as a vehicle for a broad attack on sentencing practices. An appeal against sentence should not be brought essentially to have the Court of Appeal determine matters of an abstract nature.
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