S.L. 460.18 Art. 3Obligation of carriers.

(1) Not later than two hours before departure of a carrier from a third country, the Principal Immigration Officer may request such carrier to provide the following data concerning every passenger that it will carry to Malta:

(a) number and type of travel document used;

(b) nationality;

(c) full name and surname;

(d) date of birth;

(e) border crossing point of entry into the territory of Malta;

(f) code of transport;

(g) departure and arrival time of the transportation;

(h) total number of passengers carried on that transport;

(i) initial point of embarkation.

(2) Such data is to be collected by the carrier who shall be obliged to take all necessary measures to transmit the data electronically or, in case of failure, by any other appropriate means, to the Principal Immigration Officer by the time of the closure of check-in.

(3) Information requested under this article shall be provided in an electronic form that is compatible with the technology used by the recipient of the information, unless an alternative form and manner of information transmission is authorised by the recipient of the information.