4.—(1) This article applies to any member of the Northern Ireland Assembly who took his seat in the Transitional Assembly after 7th March 2007 by signing the Roll of Membership in accordance with the Transitional Assembly’s standing orders.
(2) The member shall be treated as having signed the Roll of Membership of, and taken his seat in, the Northern Ireland Assembly at the time of commencement in accordance with the Northern Ireland Assembly’s standing orders.
(3) The member’s designation of identity in the Transitional Assembly immediately before the time of commencement shall be treated as his designation of identity in the Northern Ireland Assembly as from that time, until that designation is changed in accordance with the Northern Ireland Assembly’s standing orders.
(4) In this article—
“designation of identity”, in relation to the Transitional Assembly or the Northern Ireland Assembly, means designation as Nationalist, Unionist or Other in accordance with the standing orders of that Assembly;
“the time of commencement” means the time at which this Order comes into force;
“the Transitional Assembly” means the Assembly established under section 1 of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006.