The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 No. 3232

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. DOSE LIMITS

PART I U.K. Classes of Persons to whom Dose Limits Apply

Employees of 18 years of age or above U.K.

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.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2000, see reg. 1(a)