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Tue 11 Nov 2002Murphy sets out rules for service on police bodiesFormer paramilitaries would have to wait for five years on release from prison and would have to make a declaration of acceptance of the principles of non-violence before serving on policing bodies, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr Paul Murphy, said yesterday.Explaining his new policing announcement during a meeting of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body, Mr Murphy said such measures should provide considerable safeguards for those worried about the proposals.