SCHEDULE 23E+WRadioactive substances activities

PART 4E+WThe Basic Safety Standards Directive

SECTION 1E+WExposures and doses

Specific dose limits and calculationE+W

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 sourceF1..., or

(b)0.5 millisieverts per year from the discharges from any single site.

[F2(2) In exercising those relevant functions, the regulator must observe the requirements of the following provisions—

(a)when estimating effective dose and equivalent dose—

(i)from external exposure, chapters 4 and 5 of International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 116; and

(ii)from internal exposure, chapter 1 of International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 119; and

(b)in estimating population doses, Article 66 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive.]

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