A person who burns insulation from a cable with a view to recovering metal from the cable shall be guilty of an offence unless the burning is part of a process subject to Part I of the M1Environmental Protection Act 1990. F1oran activity subject to regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.