11Dose limits for public exposure of persons

11 Dose limits for public exposure of persons

For the purposes of section 10(1) of the Act, the following are prescribed dose limits that apply to the public exposure of a person to ionising radiation:

(a) the average of the annual total effective doses for the person, over a 5-year period, must not be more than one millisievert a year;

(b) the equivalent dose for each lens of the person's eyes must not be more than 15 millisieverts in any one year;

(c) the equivalent dose for a square centimetre of the person's skin must not be more than 50 millisieverts in any one year.