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MAJLIS DAERAH HULU TERENGGANU v. TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD AND ANOTHER APPEAL
Federal Court, Putrajaya
Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Nallini Pathmanathan, Vernon Ong FCJJ
[Civil Appeal Nos: 01(f)-44-12-2019(T) & 01(f)-19-08-2020(T)]
9 December 2020
[2021] 1 MLRA 114

JUDGMENT

Introduction

[1] These appeals concern the proper construction of the definition of "machinery" in the proviso (b) to the definition of "annual value" under s 2 of the Local Government Act 1976 ("LGA"). The proviso exempts "machinery" for the "making of an article" located in a holding from being rated. Under the scheme of the LGA, rates are payable based on the annual value of a holding.

[2] The dispute has arisen because the appellant, Majlis Daerah Hulu Terengganu, which is the rating authority in the district where the respondent's hydroelectric power station in Kenyir Dam is located, took into account the building as well as the Dam, Diversion Water Tunnel, Tunnel Liners And Pipelines, Spillway And Closure Of Dam Outlet ("the 5 elements") in coming to their assessment that the annual value of the property was RM33,350,000.00.

[3] The High Court held that the 5 elements in the hydroelectronic power station form a single unit of "machinery" required for the process of operating the electricity and each element is interconnected to each other despite the fact that they are physically separated in the sense that the role and functions of each element are important and cannot be separated. According to the High Court, to hold otherwise would make the hydro-electronic power station non-functioning.

CASE HIGHLIGHTS

PRESS METAL SARAWAK SDN BHD v. ETIQA TAKAFUL BERHAD
Federal Court, Putrajaya
2016] 5 MLRA 529
[Civil Appeal No: 02(i)-27-04-2015(W)]
15 August 2016 [+]
TAN POOI YEE v. KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA
High Court Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
[2016] 5 MLRH 501
24NCVC-1306-08-2015
18 July 2016 [+]
ILANGOVAN KRISHNAN v. SHIYA SDN BHD
Industrial Court, Johor
[2016] 2 MELR 374
16/4-157/15
27 April 2016 [+]
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