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Im not keen on it so Im wondering whether this would be classed as a ”significant alteration” to the common property? I think it would be.
I know many OCs in Victoria that have installed CCTV and it’s not been considered a ”significant alteration”. The OC Act defines it more clearly in s.52: “An owners corporation must not make a significant alteration to the use or appearance of the common property”.
CCTV doesn’t much alter the use or appearance of common property at all, let alone “significantly”. If a committee existed, it alone could approve it. Else an ordinary resolution of the OC should be enough.
There are actually very few legal privacy issues: some required signage, no sound recording and no observing private (lot) areas.
I agree about deciding on the footage access etc. The OC should establish how that will be done.