"patchwork regulations" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a set of regulations that are composed of various pieces from different sources. For example: "Many countries have enacted patchwork regulations to deal with the current climate emergency."
The patchwork regulation of the state's assisted living industry means that there are no consistent rules governing some issues of greatest concern to residents, family members and health care policy experts.
BLAME In his testimony before the financial crisis commission on April 8, he also said that other factors -- from rating agencies, to patchwork regulation, to the explosive growth of securitization -- contributed to the crisis.
Even more galling to webcasters is the fact that they pay more for playing a song than traditional or satellite radio, a result of patchwork regulation created as each technology emerged.
"Wouldn't you agree that there would be just the kind of patchwork regulation at the state level that this statute was intended to stop?" If Maine, or the 38 other states that signed a brief supporting it, had allies on the Supreme Court, those justices did not make themselves known during the argument.
And so, the drum is beginning to beat in Washington for Congress to quickly reform the current patchwork of regulations by giving the Fed expanded authority over banking regulations, a move that could be disastrous.
"We need to keep trucking regulated by the federal government to prevent a patchwork of regulations across the country," Mr. Boyce said.
Carmakers and tech companies have pushed Congress to bar states and localities from regulating self-driving cars themselves, saying they need to stop a "patchwork" of regulations that would stymie innovation.
The new rules come in stark contrast to the patchwork of regulations that guide American racing.
Both the auto industry and the E.P.A. speak of the ineffectiveness of a "patchwork" of regulations.
