按照…规定 / 依照…规定 / 根据…规定【ànzhào … guīdìng / yīzhào … guīdìng / gēnjù … guīdìng】

按照…规定 cites the rule an action follows. The source of the rule – a law, a company, a contract – goes between the two words, usually with 的, and the whole frame stands before the main clause or the verb.

When the reader knows which rules are meant, the source drops out: 按照有关规定 "under the relevant rules", 按照规定, or the short 按规定.

依照 and 根据 in legal text

依照 is the form laws and courts use for "pursuant to". 根据 cites the basis for a decision and is the one that goes with an article number: 根据本法第十条规定.

For school, office and workplace rules, 按照 is the neutral choice.

Before the verb

The frame is a prepositional phrase, so it can't follow the verb the way "according to the rules" follows in English.

• × 我们处理这件事按照规定。 → 我们按照规定处理这件事。
• × 按照规定说，你不能进去。 → 按照规定，你不能进去。