Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) The effective dose limit for occupational exposure is 20mSv in a year, averaged over 5 consecutive years.
(2) However, the effective dose for a person subject to occupational exposure must not, in a year, be more than 50mSv.
(3) The effective dose limit for public exposure is 1mSv in a year.
(4) The effective dose limit for an unborn child is 1mSv in a year.
Note An employee who becomes pregnant should advise her employer as soon as practicable. Appropriate measures may then be taken to control the employee's exposure, so that doses that may be received by the foetus (during the remainder of the pregnancy), while the employee is at work, are consistent with reg 6 (4): see National standard for limiting occupational exposure to ionising radiation [NOHSC: 1013 (1995)]. The standard was adopted in the ACT as a code of practice under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 , s 87, commencing on 3 January 1996.
NOHSC means the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission established by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Act 1985 (Cwlth), s 6.