# Control of Pollution Act 1974, Section 78: Cable burning.

Extent: E+W+S

(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.
(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;
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/40/section/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974/section-78
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