The phrase "act designed to limit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing legislation, regulations, or policies that aim to restrict certain actions or behaviors.
Example: "The new act designed to limit emissions has been met with both support and criticism from various stakeholders."
Alternatives: "measure intended to restrict" or "legislation aimed at curtailing".
By doing that, he argues, plaintiffs avoid roadblocks that Congress enacted under an act designed to limit securities suits, such as limiting pretrial discovery searches.
Bob Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury under Clinton, made financial deregulation his signature, including repeal of the Depression Era Glass-Steagall Act designed to limit the conflicts of interest at the heart of the current debacle.
The Highway Beautification Act was designed to limit billboards on Federal highways and prohibit them outright in rural, scenic areas.
The "Volcker Rule," which was billed as a key component of the recent Dodd-Frank financial reform act, was designed to limit banks' ability to use taxpayer-backed funds to make investments on their own behalf.
And it is true that most Prohibitionists supported the 1924 Immigration Act, which set national quotas designed to limit the number of new arrivals judged undesirable — but then so did nearly everybody else.
His other most notable legislative effort involved the Religious Liberty Protection Act, essentially a conscience clause designed to limit state and local statutes that interfere with people's free exercise of religion.
Numerous commentators question whether the principles in Citizens United can easily be applied to religious observance, which is protected by the 1st Amendment and also by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, which was designed to limit government's application of rules and regulations on persons practicing their religion.
Since the enactment of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, the United States has had programs designed to limit the production of major farm crops through restrictions on acreage.
And he's overseen the most open administration ever -- reversing Bush-era policies designed to limit Freedom of Information Act requests and disclosing White House visitor records so that Americans can see how their government works.
A Special Policy Area is specifically designed to "limit the growth in the number of licensed premises".
