Fees for accessing body corporate records under other Acts
There are set fees for accessing body corporate records from your body corporate.
If your body corporate does have a CMS recorded, learn about accessing body corporate records and the fees for accessing body corporate records in this case.
Requesting information
Body corporate records are not private or confidential. The Act that applies to your body corporate requires the body corporate to allow certain people to inspect or obtain some records if asked.
Fees are charged under the Act that applies to your body corporate.
If you are entitled to apply for information, you must first write to the body corporate and ask for documents or an inspection. Once you have paid the set fee, the body corporate must supply the information or allow you to inspect the records.
There are timeframes for the body corporate to supply the information in some cases.
Learn more about the process and timeframes.
Fees for subsidiary bodies corporate
These fees apply for bodies corporate registered under the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980 (BUGT Act).
As there are set fees, the body corporate cannot charge any other costs for giving you the information (e.g. a charge for the body corporate manager’s time).
The fees and charges increase on 1 July each year. On 1 July 2023 the fees and charges increased by 3.4% in line with government's indexation policy.
You do not have to pay GST.
Inspecting records
The cost to inspect the records if you are:
- a lot owner or mortgagee, or their agent, is $20.65
- the purchaser of a lot or their agent is $40.65.
Accessing information
To get the name and address of committee members or the body corporate manager, the fee is $40.65.
To get a copy of the body corporate by-laws, the fee is $0.70 a page.
You can also ask for a certificate stating how much money must be paid to the body corporate by a particular lot in the current financial year. This should include any amounts due but not paid.
The fee for this certificate is either:
- $81.35
- $110.30 if urgent and received within 24 hours.
There is an extra fee of $20.65 to have the certificate faxed to you.
Fees for higher-level bodies corporate
Higher-level bodies corporate must set a reasonable fee for the information. These types of bodies corporate could use the fees prescribed for subsidiary body corporates as a guide.
Principal body corporate or primary thoroughfare body corporate
Bodies corporate under the Integrated Resort Development Act 1987 and the Sanctuary Cove Resort Act 1985 may set a fee by committee resolution that must not exceed the reasonable cost of supplying the information.
Community body corporate or precinct body corporate
Bodies corporate under the Mixed Use Development Act 1993 may set a reasonable fee by committee resolution.
Learn more about the process and timeframes.
