applies
v.v. to be relevant to a person or situation. You use this when a rule, a law, or a piece of information is true for someone.
v. to be relevant or applicable to a particular person, group, or situation. Intransitive when used with the preposition 'to'.
This rule applies to everyone in the building.
The discount only applies to customers who have a membership card and spend over fifty dollars.
While the new safety regulations were designed for industrial sites, the inspector noted that the same logic applies to smaller workshops where similar machinery is operated.
When meaning 'to be relevant', the verb is intransitive and requires the preposition 'to' before the object.
The law applies everyoneThe law applies to everyoneIn the sense of being relevant, the verb must be followed by the preposition 'to'.