A sentencing judge who applies an incorrect standard non-parole period (here, the period applicable at the date of sentencing rather than the date of the offence) commits House v The King error by allowing an extraneous or irrelevant matter to affect the sentence. Where the standard non-parole period has been amended between the date of offence and the date of sentencing, the period applicable at the date of the offence must be applied.
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