Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

UNIT TITLES (MANAGEMENT) ACT 2011 - SECT 116

    (1)     On request by an eligible person for a unit or the common property, the owners corporation for the units plan must allow the person, within 14 days after the request is received, to inspect, and take a copy of—

        (a)     for a request by an eligible person for a unit—the information on the corporate register about the unit; and

        (b)     for a request by an eligible person for a unit or the common property—the information on the corporate register about any easements, or subleases under section 20 (3), applying to the common property.

    (2)     On request by an applicant for a court order under this Act, the owners corporation must allow the applicant to inspect, and take a copy of, the names and addresses for correspondence recorded on the corporate register of each unit owner and anyone else with an interest in a unit, or the common property, that is recorded on the register.

Note     This is to enable the applicant for the order to comply with the requirements for service under this Act.

    (3)     A request must be in writing accompanied by a fee fixed by the owners corporation of not more than an amount prescribed by regulation.

    (4)     The corporate register must be kept in a way that ensures that a person who is entitled to inspect the register does not have access to any information the person is not entitled to inspect.

Examples—how to restrict access

1     if the register is kept in a book, the information could be kept on a separate page for each unit and for the common property

2     if the register is kept in a computer database, the information could be stored so that information for each unit and the common property can be separately displayed, printed out or emailed

Note     The corporate register contains personal information as defined under the Privacy Act 1988

(Cwlth). The Australian Privacy Principles under that Act apply to the owners corporation in relation to the collection, use, disclosure and storage of personal information.

    (5)     In this section:

"eligible person", for the common property, includes a sublessee of the common property under section 20 (3).

"interest", in the common property, includes a sublease under section 20 (3).