01 NCAC 01B .0605. DEFINITION

For purposes of Rule .0604 of this Subchapter, a declaratory ruling shall be deemed to be "in effect": until the statute or rule interpreted by the declaratory ruling is amended, altered or repealed; until the Secretary of the Department of Administration changes the declaratory ruling prospectively for good reasons; or until any court sets aside the ruling in litigation between the Department of Administration and the party requesting the rule; or until any court of the Appellate Division of the General Court of Justice shall construe the statute or rule which is the subject of the declaratory ruling in a manner plainly irreconcilable with the declaratory ruling.