The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999

Employees of 18 years of age or above

2.  Without prejudice to paragraph 1—

(a)the limit on equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 150 mSv in a calendar year;

(b)the limit on equivalent dose for the skin shall be 500 mSv in a calendar year as applied to the dose averaged over any area of 1cm2 regardless of the area exposed;

(c)the limit on equivalent dose for the hands, forearms, feet and ankles shall be 500 mSv in a calendar year.