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CCTV FAQ – How can recordings be accessed?

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Posted 05 May 2025

Person seeking access to recordings and owners corporation faced with requests for access should consider the following scenarios: Any person may requ…

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CCTV FAQ – What role do cameras play in enforcing by-laws, particularly around parking or short-term letting?

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Posted 05 May 2025

Cameras can play an important role in day-to-day monitoring of the compliance of by-laws. The recorded footage can be used as evidence to prove a brea…

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CCTV FAQ – What happens if you have a dispute involving someone claiming an invasion of their privacy because a camera is facing into their lot?

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Posted 05 May 2025

Hopefully, such an areas will in most cases be pre-empted by proper owners corporation approval mechanisms. If such a scenario does arise, the owners …

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CCTV FAQ – What can you do if the owner does not install the camera with due authority?

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Posted 05 May 2025

If a lot owner installs a camera involving alteration of common property without approval of the owners corporation, this will constitute unauthorised…

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CCTV FAQ – What approvals are required for a lot owner to install cameras?

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Posted 30 April 2025

As a practical matter, it may be very difficult to install a useful camera without the consent of the owners corporation. A lot owner proposing to do …

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CCTV FAQ – What approvals are required for an owners corporation to install cameras?

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Posted 04 May 2025

As this would likely involve an alteration or addition to common property, this will likely require approval of a general meeting special resolution u…

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CCTV FAQ – What are the limitations around the location of cameras?

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Posted 05 May 2025

Audio recordings and optical recordings (photographs and/or video) are treated differently under the relevant laws, audio being subject to tighter res…

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CCTV FAQ – How and when can you record audio?

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Posted 05 May 2025

Section 7 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 imposes some restrictions on the use of listening devices, generally that one should not, without the c…

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