The phrase "apply a provision" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal, regulatory, or formal contexts when referring to the implementation or enforcement of a specific rule or clause.
Example: "The company must apply the provision regarding employee benefits as outlined in the contract."
Alternatives: "enforce a provision" or "implement a provision".
If the banks are shown to have colluded, the courts can apply a provision of America's competition rules subjecting them to damages of three times the harm done.
In the dispute, which has nettled the Bush administration, Texas has refused to apply a provision that limits the number of students with learning disabilities who can be exempted from regular standardized tests.
But a federal appeals panel overturned the sentence in 2008, agreeing with prosecutors that the judge had failed to apply a provision of sentencing guidelines related to terrorism that could have led to a longer term.
Mr. Hevesi found that the mayor improperly applied a provision that allows an administration to limit competition on certain contracts.
In a recent case, a majority of the Justices applied a provision of the Voting Rights Act to reject part of a Texas redistricting plan that was found to hurt Hispanic voters.
In applying a provision like that of double jeopardy, which is rooted in history and is not an evolving concept like that of due process, a long course of adjudication in this Court carries impressive authority.
No state funds were available, because, although Oregon provides money to seismically retrofit schools, those inside the tsunami inundation zone aren't eligible to apply — a strangely cruel provision that leaves the lowest and soon-to-be-wettest schools high and dry.
The S.E.C. already ran into this issue when it tried to apply a Dodd-Frank provision retroactively by filing an administrative proceeding against Rajat Gupta for insider trading, which it was not authorized to do until after the law went into effect.
Applying a criterion, provision or practice which disadvantages people of a particular religion or belief.
Indirect discrimination Applying a criterion, provision or practice which disadvantages people of a particular religion or belief.
In the two most prominent cases this season, Delaware courts ruled soundly against the company and refused to apply a company's advance notice provision to block a proxy contest.
