Cap. 584 чл. 5Passenger Information Unit. 

(1) There shall be established a National Passenger  Information Unit (hereinafter referred to as "NPIU") which shall fall within the responsibilities of the Commissioner of Police.

(2) The NPIU shall be the authority competent to process PNR data for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of terrorist offences and of serious crime.

(3) The NPIU shall be responsible for:

(a) collecting PNR data from air carriers, storing and processing this data and transferring this data or the result of processing it to the competent authorities referred to in article 8;

(b) exchanging both PNR data and the result of processing this data with the PIUs of other EU Member States and with Europol in accordance with articles 10 and 11:

Provided that PNR data shall be collected and processed in accordance with the Data Protection (Processing of Personal Data by Competent Authorities for the Purposes of the Prevention, Investigation, Detection or Prosecution of Criminal Offences or the Execution of Criminal Penalties) Regulations.

(4) The NPIU shall be provided with adequate resources to fulfil all its tasks. Staff members of the NPIU may be seconded from national competent authorities.