Sewerage Services (Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

SEWERAGE SERVICES (CHARGES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1995 PU(A) 169/1998 1. Citation and commencement. These regulations may be cited as the Sewerage Services (Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1 September 1997. 2. Amendment of regulation 2. The Sewerage Services (Charges) Regulations 1994, which in these Regulations are referred to as the "principal Regulations", are amended in regulation 2 (a) in the definition of "annual value" (i) in paragraph (a) by deleting the word "or"; (ii) in paragraph (b) by inserting after the semicolon the word "or"; and (iii) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph: "(c) in respect of premises where improved value is used as a basis for assessment of rates by the local authority, means such annual value estimated by the Valuation Officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171) as may be allowed to be used by the Director General;"; (b) by substituting for the definition of "improved value" the following definition: ' "improved value" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171);'; (c) in the English language text in the definition of "user" by substituting for the full stop a semicolon; and (d) by inserting after the definition of "user" the following definition: ' "Valuation Officer" means any valuation officer appointed by the State Government or local authority;'. 3. Amendment of regulation 4. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended by substituting for subparagraphs 4(1)(b)(i) and 4(1)(b)(ii) the following subparagraphs: "(i) septic tank services whose commercial premise falls within the categories of annual value specified in the Second Schedule, shall be at the rate specified in the appropriate columns in that Schedule; or (ii) connected services whose commercial premise falls within the categories of annual value specified in the Second Schedule, shall be at the rate specified in the appropriate columns in that Schedule:". 4. Amendment of regulation 6. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words "or improved value as applicable" and the words "or improved value, as applicable,". 5. New regulation 6A. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 6 the following regulation: " 6A. Premises without annual value or improved value. Where any premises does not have any annual value or improved value, then for the purpose of calculatingthe sewerage charges under regulation 4, the Director General may apply such methods as in his opinion appears appropriate to arrive at the annual value.". 6. Amendment of regulation 10. Paragraph 10(c) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words "or improved value". 7. Amendment of First Schedule. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended in the first column by deleting the words "or Improved Value <RM3600".< p> 8. Deletion of Third Schedule. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting the Third Schedule. 9. Amendment of Fourth Schedule. The Fourth Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended in the English language text by inserting after the words "in excess of 100 metre 3 per month" the words "is RM0.65.". Made 6 April 1998. [KPKT (S) 01/8/17 L.A. Jld. III; PN. (PU2) 535/II.] DATO' DR. TING CHEW PEH, Minister of Housing and Local Government