English Postgraduate Entrance Examination English How to understand the patchwork regulations in the sentence?

patchwork regulations A patchwork of laws

patchwork: a patchwork of laws.

For example: Certainly, there are valid concerns about thepatchwork regulations that could result if everystate sets its own rules.

that could result

if every states sets its own rules If each state sets up different laws

patchwork regulations There are valid concerns There are valid concerns

concerns about patchwork regulations What are you worried about? A patchwork/scattered laws

patchwork regulations that could results if if every states sets its own rules Further explain how a patchwork/scattered laws arise? This is to allow each state to Possible Consequences of Different States Setting Up Different Laws

Translation Of course, some people worry that if each state sets its own regulations, a patchwork of laws will result, and this worry is not unreasonable.