Article 12 Dose limits for public exposure
United Kingdom
1.
Member States shall ensure that the dose limits for public exposure shall apply to the sum of annual exposures of a member of the public resulting from all authorised practices.
2.
Member States shall set the limit on the effective dose for public exposure at 1 mSv in a year.
3.
In addition to the dose limit referred to in paragraph 2, the following limits on the equivalent dose shall apply:
(a)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 15 mSv in a year;
(b)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the skin shall be 50 mSv in a year, averaged over any 1 cm2 area of skin, regardless of the area exposed.