S.L. 460.18 Art. 6Dealing with the data. Cap. 586.

(1) The carrier shall inform passengers that the data in his possession may be referred to the Principal Immigration Officer at his request and may be used for law enforcement purposes.

(2) The personal data referred to in article 3 which has been transmitted to the Principal Immigration Officer shall be held in a temporary file and, after the passengers who were the subject of the communication have entered Malta, the Principal Immigration Officer shall delete the data related to them within twenty-four hours of transmission by the carrier, unless any data is still required by the Principal Immigration Officer in the carrying out of his functions, subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

(3) Carriers shall be responsible to delete, within twenty-four hours of the arrival of the means of transportation, the personal data they had collected and transmitted to the Principal Immigration Officer for the purposes of this Order.