The phrase "act regulates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to describe how a specific act or law governs or controls certain actions or behaviors.
Example: "The new environmental act regulates emissions from industrial facilities to ensure compliance with safety standards."
Alternatives: "law governs" or "statute controls".
The act regulates only the manufacture within the state.
The 1933 Act regulates initial distributions of securities, and the 1934 Act for the most part regulates post-distribution trading.
The federal Marriage Act specifies that marriage is between a man and a woman, and the Family Law Act regulates issues such as divorce.
In addition to regulating government behaviour, the Endangered Species Act regulates private activity by a separate provision that makes it a crime to "take" a listed species.
The 1986 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act regulates tests on any vertebrate animal and one kind of octopus, providing, say supporters, the best regulation of animal testing in the world.
"The Passenger Transport Act regulates the protection of drivers and consumers.
'For regulation of employees it is not necessary that the act regulated by anything more than an act reasonably deemed by Congress to interfere with the efficiency of the public service.' United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 330 U.S. 75, 101, 67 S.Ct.
See the 1793 Act regulating coastal trade discussed in Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1 (1824).
In the spring of 1941 the legislature passed an act regulating the sale of all wild-bird plumage in N. Y. State.
The Magnuson Act regulating federal fisheries has been successful, but it needs to be revised.
There have been 75 convictions for gangmaster offences since the Gangmaster Licensing Act regulating them came in to force, but only one compensation order for workers.
