The phrase "apply the act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to the implementation or enforcement of a specific law or regulation.
Example: "The government has decided to apply the act to ensure compliance with environmental standards."
Alternatives: "enforce the act" or "implement the act".
Even now, the government guidelines issued to British firms on how to apply the act are raising unhappy eyebrows at the OECD.
Where the courts are requested to apply the act of state doctrine at the behest of the State Department, it does not follow that the courts are to proceed to adjudicate the action without examining the validity of the foreign act under international law.
Congress should also move to apply the act's more equitable mandatory sentences to those in prison.
Even if it does apply, the Act allows for an exception when consent is given to share the data.
Seizing on the fact that Section 2 of the 14th Amendment recognizes the authority of states to bar criminals from voting, both the 2nd Circuit and the 11th Circuit have rejected Voting Rights Act challenges to felon disenfranchisement laws, emphasizing constitutional doubts about Congress's power under the 15th Amendment to apply the Act to such statutes.
Following our discussion of Zelazo's theory, we will apply the ACT-R architecture specifically to the problem of object permanence.
The Court has consistently applied the Act flexibly in conformity with these principles.
The developers argue that applying the act against them would exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
Yet, evidence suggests that not much has actually changed: of approximately 480 English councils surveyed by the Social Value Portal, only 15% said they were applying the act.
Social workers and other care practitioners should be able to evidence that they are applying the act's wellbeing principle in all their adult social care decisions.
A layperson might have difficulties understanding and applying the Act on income tax even though the law is accessible and readable.
