Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts28. Matters to be considered in computing maximum permissible dose
(1) In calculating the maximum permissible dose of ionizing radiation for the purposes of this Act, doses -
(a) received by an organ or tissue of a person from any source of ionizing radiation as a consequence of the employment of that person shall be counted;
(b) received by a person in undergoing radiological procedures or ionizing radiation received by him as the result of exposure to naturally occurring radiation shall not be counted; and
(c) received in any quarter of a calendar year shall be counted in the dosage for the calendar year of which that quarter forms part.
(2) If the dose to the whole body, gonads or red bone-marrow accumulated by a person in the course of employment is not known for any period, it shall be assumed that he has received, in each calendar year of the period, the relevant maximum permissible dose for those parts specified in Part II of Schedule 3.