The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 No. 1075

SCHEDULE 3 Dose limits

PART 1 Classes of persons to whom dose limits apply

Other persons

7.  Without prejudice to paragraphs 5 and 6—

(a) the limit on equivalent dose for the lens of the eye is 15 mSv in any calendar year;

(b) the limit on equivalent dose for the skin is 50 mSv in any calendar year averaged over any 1 cm² area regardless of the area exposed;

(c) the limit on equivalent dose for the extremities is 50 mSv in a calendar year.