Legally, how long do CCTV records need to be kept?
There are no legislative requirements on the length of time the footage is required to be preserved by the Body Corporate.
As CCTV footage is not a record that the Body Corporate is required to keep pursuant to the legislation, there are no legislative requirements on the length of time the footage is required to be preserved by the Body Corporate.
However, if the Committee is aware of a current request for CCTV footage of a particular time/period, it would be unreasonable for the Committee to delete the footage before the request has been fulfilled (see for example the adjudicator’s comments at paragraphs 39 and 40 in Dakota at 88 Macquarie Street [2019] QBCCMCmr 530 (18 October 2019)).
Alanna Hill Mathews Hunt Legal E: alanna.hill@mathewshuntlegal.com.au P: 07 5555 8000
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Alanna Law is a senior associate employed at Mathews Hunt Legal (MHL). She has exclusively worked with bodies corporate for the last 7 years and has developed significant expertise during this time.
Her extensive experience includes, but is not limited to:
- general body corporate advice (i.e. as regards validity of owner motions, exclusive use, legislative responsibilities, maintenance of common property, and improvements to common property by both owners and bodies corporate);
- by-law reviews and enforcement of by-laws;
- resolution of disputes in the Commissioner’s Office, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Magistrates Court;
- enforcement of Adjudicator’s Orders in the Magistrates Court; and
- caretaking matters (including disputes, variations and negotiation of new agreements).
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