{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/40",
  "legislation_title": "Control of Pollution Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Cable burning.",
  "text": "(1) A person who burns insulation from a cable with a view to recovering metal from the cable shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection unless the burning is part of a process subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or the place at which he does so is a work registered in pursuance of section 9 of the Alkali Act.\n(2) A person who contravenes the provisions of the preceding subsection shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(1) inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 15(7), S.I. 1991/1042, art.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 78(2)(3) substituted for s. 78(2) by S.I. 1974/2170, reg. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "In s. 78(2) words “level 5 on the standard scale” substituted (11.4.1983) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), s. 54)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 78(3) repealed by S.I. 1983/943, reg. 7(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 78: certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch. 2S. 78 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 78: certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(1)(3), Sch. 2S. 78 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Words repealed (prosp.) as provided by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 162(2), 164(3), Sch. 16 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/40/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:34:27.095596+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}