Specific dose limits and calculation
2.—(1) In exercising those relevant functions in relation to the planning stage of radiation protection, the regulator must have regard to the following maximum doses to individuals which may result from a defined source—
(a)0.3 millisieverts per year from any source from which radioactive discharges are first made on or after 13th May 2000, or
(b)0.5 millisieverts per year from the discharges from any single site.
(2) In exercising those relevant functions, the regulator must observe the requirements of the following provisions of the Basic Safety Standards Directive—
(a)in estimating effective dose and equivalent dose, Articles 15 and 16,
(b)in estimating population doses, Article 45, and
(c)in relation to the responsibilities of undertakings, Article 47.