In order to help the Region Committee to encourage and benefit the Scottish country dancing community,  a number of its practices have been documented.  

This can be thought of as layers (tiers), or a hierarchy pyramid, the top-most layers have the highest level of authority.
The Auckland Region policy and rules documents are three tiers of the pyramid.

1. Region constitution
   All members and groups involved in activities or actions in the name of the Auckland
   Region (including the Region Committee and subcommittees) must comply with the
   constitution. It can only be changed with the approval of a super-majority of
   members at an AGM or SGM.
2. Region policies
   The scope of each policy is defined in the policy. Policies are about “must do” items.
   They only come into force when approved by the Region Committee and, once
   approved, can only be revoked or amended by the Region Committee or a general
   meeting of members. All members affected by a policy must comply with it, or ask
   the Region Committee for relief.
3. Region guidelines
   Guidelines capture common, repeated practices to retain institutional knowledge,
   ease transitions and aid consistency between one year and the next. While
   guidelines are not binding, they provide useful guidance for the next person to take
   on a role on behalf of the Region.
   Guidelines should be managed and updated as required by those using them. New
   guidelines and updates to existing guidelines should be submitted to the
   Administration & Finance subcommittee for safe storage.

 For more information on applying Policies and Guidelines we recommend reading the Rules hierarchy available under Auckland Region Guidelines.

Auckland Region Constitution

Auckland Region Constitution updated 2019