[Engineering Version] Daily Question 20180524

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Regarding the legal status and validity of superior laws and inferior laws, which of the following statements is correct? ( ) A. Departmental regulations in the construction sector have higher legal status than local construction laws. B. Administrative regulations in the construction sector possess the highest legal validity. C. Administrative regulations and departmental rules in the construction sector must not conflict with local laws and regulations. D. When local construction rules and local construction laws provide different provisions on the same matter, the local construction rules shall prevail. Answer: A 【Explanation】Among the five levels of construction regulations, their legal validity decreases in order as follows: construction laws, administrative regulations in the construction sector, departmental regulations in the construction sector, local construction laws, and local construction rules. Those with higher legal validity are called superior laws, while those with lower legal validity are called inferior laws. Inferior laws must not conflict with superior laws; otherwise, their relevant provisions shall be deemed invalid.