76Practices to be followed by holders of licences

76 Practices to be followed by holders of licences

By holder of a facility licence (1) The holder of a facility licence for a controlled facility must ensure that the doses to which a person is exposed, inside or in connection with the facility, do not exceed the effective dose limits mentioned in section 77, and the equivalent dose limits mentioned in section 79. By holder of licence authorising dealing with controlled apparatus or controlled material (2) The holder of a source licence, or a facility licence, authorising dealing with controlled apparatus or controlled material must ensure that the doses to which a person is exposed while the source in the apparatus or material is under the holder’s control do not exceed the effective dose limits mentioned in section 77, and the equivalent dose limits mentioned in section 79. By holders of licences generally (3) The holder of a licence must ensure that radiation protection and safety of the following relating to the licence are optimised in order to achieve the outcome mentioned in subsection (4): (a) controlled material; (b) controlled apparatus (other than apparatus prescribed by section 9 that produce harmful non‑ionizing radiation when energised); (c) a controlled facility. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the outcome is that the following are as low as reasonably achievable after taking into account economic and societal factors: (a) the magnitude of individual doses; (b) the number of people who are exposed; (c) the likelihood of incurring exposures to radiation. (5) The optimisation of radiation protection and safety mentioned in subsection (3) must be in accordance with source‑related dose constraints established in accordance with the Planned Exposure Code and agreed by the CEO with the holder of the licence. (6) The holder of a licence that authorises dealing with apparatus prescribed by this instrument that produce harmful non‑ionizing radiation when energised must ensure that exposure of people to such radiation produced by the apparatus is kept to the lowest level that can be achieved, consistent with best practice.