The phrase "act sets out" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a legal document or legislation that outlines specific provisions or regulations.
Example: "The new act sets out the guidelines for environmental protection that all companies must follow."
Alternatives: "act outlines" or "act specifies".
The law, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sets out to eliminate the United States' status as the only rich country without almost universal health care.
The 113-year-old Lacey Act sets out harsh penalties, including massive fines, and possible jail time for anyone who knowingly transports the species across the border.
The Act sets out the requirements for directors to act in a way that they believe, in good faith, is most likely to promote the company's success.
However, section five of the act sets out that a conviction which resulted in a prison sentence of longer than six months but less than 30 – regardless of whether it was suspended, Merriam said – is "spent" after 10 years.
Section 20 of the act sets out a consultation procedure that freeholders, or their agents, need to follow when carrying out qualifying works to a building where each unit would be billed £250 or more.
Among those taking the issue seriously, the roundtable heard, is Liverpool city council, which has said it will go beyond what the Social Value Act sets out by giving preference where possible to social enterprises bidding for contracts.
Rab Butler's cabinet memorandum on the 1962 act set out how this could be presented as colour-blind though it "was intended to and would in fact operate on coloured people almost exclusively".
The act set out that pupils should be introduced to Christianity and all the other major religions of the world, and has been the foundation of British values which underpin our multifaith society.
The 2013 Defamation Act set out a new defence for public-interest journalism on the British mainland: that the plaintiff has to show "serious harm" has been done to it.
The 2003 Communications Act set out quotas for the subtitling (80%), signing (5%) and audio description (10%) of programmes to be reached by the 10th anniversary of each channel, as well as a subtitling quota to be reached by the fifth anniversary (60%).
The 1989 Children Act set out the basic regulations for the registration and regulation of all early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings.
