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Jimmy-T
Keymaster

    The Committee, as the ‘governing body’ of the Owners Corporation, as well as the strata manager are the most reasonable options for control of the CCTV footage, as they are with all strata records. If you have a Committee or a Strata Manager you don’t trust to hold those records, you have bigger problems than just CCTV and need to look into changing either party.

    Thanks for your real world summary of the situation.

    I agree with everything you wrote apart from the last part. Committees, their chairs and, indeed, strata managers have wildly differing levels of knowledge and experience of strata laws.  For many, the issues of video surveillance are unlikely to have troubled their brain cells until the moment they are confronted by them.

    A by-law not only establishes a procedure for viewing CCTV footage, it makes owners think about how much control they want to exercise.

    It was only recently that strata managers conceded that email addresses legally had to be passed on to owners who requested them (and some still won’t). And there are committees who will panic at the first mention of legal action and drop the ball completely.

    Even if by-laws may not strictly be necessary and might never be invoked, they set the parameters that the majority of owners want to impose and, of course, if they cross the line and supersede strata law then they are invalid anyway.

    I’d want a by-law that insisted that owners seeking to view video recordings registered their name and a detailed reason of why they wanted to see it, which would then be noted at the next committee meeting and go on the permanent record of the strata scheme.

    The opinions offered in these Forum posts and replies are not intended to be taken as legal advice. Readers with serious issues should consult experienced strata lawyers.