The phrase "act aimed at preventing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing legislation, policies, or measures that are designed to stop or mitigate a specific issue or problem.
Example: "The government introduced an act aimed at preventing cyberbullying among teenagers."
Alternatives: "measure designed to prevent" or "legislation focused on preventing".
That year Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which was aimed at preventing credit card companies and banks from processing fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling but only loosely defined what constituted unlawful gambling.
The federal Anti-Deficiency Act is legislation aimed at preventing government employees from spending public funds outside of their appropriated budgets.
The Volcker rule, named for former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, was mandated by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act and is aimed at preventing banks from taking risky bets for their own gain rather than on behalf of their customers.
Whatever the Afghanistan war's origins (and they were retributive, not preventive, except in the sense that every war, and every act of statecraft, is aimed at "preventing" something), this is not a preventive war.
bSecondary prevention: Aimed at preventing diabetes-related complications.
A letter from the German foreign and defence ministries said the deployment was aimed at preventing "terrorist acts" in the wake of the Paris attacks, and supporting France and other partners in their fight against Isis.
The attorney general, Yehuda Weinstein, called on public agencies "to act fast, efficiently and decisively," adding that "behavior aimed at preventing women from receiving public services with equal conditions" should be subject to criminal prosecution.
285 The Act faced, and ultimately survived, a host of challenges including: court challenges aimed at having the Act declared unconstitutional; 286 a ballot initiative aimed at repealing the Act; 287 federal legislative efforts to effectively block the law; 288 and a federal policy directive aimed at preventing physicians from providing assistance under the Act.
"The Act's provisions prohibiting certain activities by lobbyists are aimed at preventing lobbyists from influencing state officials through means other than legitimate advocacy," the staff report said.
The Political Reform Act's provisions "prohibiting certain activities by lobbyists are aimed at preventing lobbyists from influencing state officials through means other than legitimate advocacy," said a report by the FPPC enforcement staff.
