Undertaking by members

1 A member of the Assembly shall not— a participate in any proceedings of the Assembly, or b have any of the other rights and privileges enjoyed by members of the Assembly who have taken their seats, until he or she has given the following undertaking: I undertake: — to support the rule of law unequivocally in word and deed and to support all efforts to uphold it; — to work collectively with the other members of the Assembly to achieve a society free of paramilitarism; — to challenge all paramilitary activity and associated criminality; — to call for, and to work together with the other members of the Assembly to achieve, the disbandment of all paramilitary organisations and their structures; — to challenge paramilitary attempts to control communities; — to support those who are determined to make the transition away from paramilitarism; — to accept no authority, direction or control on my political activities other than my democratic mandate alongside my own personal and party judgment. 2 Standing orders shall provide for the procedure for giving the undertaking. 3 The procedure may not specify a day or period of time after which members are prohibited from giving the undertaking. 4 Subsection (1) applies to a person on each occasion when he or she becomes a member of the Assembly.