# Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016, Section 7: Pledge of office by Ministers


In the pledge of office set out in Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998, after paragraph (cd) insert—
“(ce) to support the rule of law unequivocally in word and deed and to support all efforts to uphold it;
(cf) to work collectively with the other members of the Executive Committee to achieve a society free of paramilitarism;
(cg) to challenge all paramilitary activity and associated criminality;
(ch) to call for, and to work together with the other members of the Executive Committee to achieve, the disbandment of all paramilitary organisations and their structures;
(ci) to challenge paramilitary attempts to control communities;
(cj) to support those who are determined to make the transition away from paramilitarism;
(ck) to accept no authority, direction or control on my political activities other than my democratic mandate alongside my own personal and party judgment;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/13/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-stormont-agreement-and-implementation-plan-act-2016/section-7
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