S.L. 77.1 Art. 8Conditions for the use of personal data.

(1) Personal data provided by the central authorities of other Member States may be used by the National Central

Authority only for the purposes of the criminal proceedings for which it was requested, as specified in the form set out in Schedule I.

(2) Personal data provided by the central authorities of other Member States for any purposes other than that of criminal proceedings may be used by the National Central Authority in accordance with Maltese legislation only for the purposes for which it was requested and within the limits specified in the form set out in Schedule I.

(3) Without prejudice to sub-regulations (1) and (2), personal BETWEEN MALTA AND OTHER MEMBER STATES

data provided by the central authorities of other Member States may be used for preventing an immediate and serious threat to public security.

(4) The National Central Authority shall take the necessary measures to ensure that personal data received from another Member State, if transmitted to a third country in accordance with regulation 6(3), is subject to the same usage limitations as those applicable in a requesting Member State in accordance with sub-regulation (2) of this regulation. The National Central Authority shall specify that personal data, if transmitted to a third country for the purposes of criminal proceedings, may be further used by that third country only for the purposes of criminal proceedings.

(5) This regulation does not apply to personal data obtained by a Member State under these regulations and originating from that Member State.