In parliamentary procedure, the standing rules are rules:
- which are related to the details of the administration of a society rather than to parliamentary procedure, and
- which can be adopted or changed upon the same conditions as any ordinary act of the society.
Source: RONR (11th ed.), p. 18, ll. 2-8
Notes: The NCS Standing Rules can be found in the Workbook and are voted upon at the beginning of the session. Here are the Standing Rules from the 2017 NCS as an example: Standing Rules 2017
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