The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999

10.  Without prejudice to paragraph 9—U.K.

(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

I1Sch. 4 para. 10 in force at 1.1.2000, see reg. 1(a)