Can I access OC records?
A Strata Scheme is required to keep proper prescribed records. The Owners Corporation is the agent of the owners. The records are held by owners corporation on behalf of the owners. Therefore, any owner is entitled to access those records and inspect them. An Owner can authorise third parties such as lawyers and strata searchers to inspect the records of their behalf. Owners may also copy records. There are statutory fees payable for inspection of the records.
If an Owner is in a legal dispute with the owners corporation, it is not uncommon for the owners corporation to restrict access to those documents and claim privilege. This is often in itself an area of dispute. But if privilege is not claimed all Owners Corporation records are available for inspection by Owners.