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contains an exception to the hearsay rule where the evidence (which is otherwise hearsay) is relevant for a non-hearsay purpose. Subclause (1) provides that such evidence is not captured by the hearsay rule. The 2005 LRCs' Report recommended that the reference in section 60 of the UEAs to "the fact intended to be asserted by the representation" be replaced with "an asserted fact" (recommendation 7-2). The words "an asserted fact" are consistent with the term used in clause 59. The 2005 LRCs' Report also recommended the introduction of subclauses (2) and (3) (recommendations 7-2 and 10-2). Subclause (2) clarifies that clause 60 operates to permit evidence admitted for a non-hearsay purpose to then be used to prove the facts asserted in the representation, whether or not the evidence is first-hand or more remote hearsay. The Note to subclause (2) provides that this subclause is a response to the decision of the High Court of Australia in Lee v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 594. Subclause (3) inserts a safeguard, to ensure that evidence of admissions in criminal proceedings that is not first-hand is excluded from the scope of clause 60. The Note to subclause (3) provides that evidence of an admission might still be admissible under clause 81 of the Bill if it is "first hand" hearsay. The Note makes a cross reference to clause 82 which deals with the exclusion of evidence of admissions that is not first hand.