Question: Legally, how long do CCTV records need to be kept?
Answer: 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)).
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