Cap. 584 ст. 17Commonprotocols and supported data formats.    Cap. 586.

(1) All transfers of PNR data by air carriers to the

NPIU for the purposes of this Act shall be made by electronic means that provide sufficient guarantees in respect of the technical security measures and organisational measures governing the processing to be carried out:

Provided that in the event of a technical failure, the PNR

data may be transferred by any other appropriate means having the same level of security maintained and ensuring that the Data

Protection Act and any other regulation made thereunder are complied with:

Provided further that this sub-article shall apply for as long as the common protocols and supported data formats referred to in sub-articles (2), (3) and (4) are not available.

(2) The PNR data shall be transferred in a supported data format to ensure their readability by all parties involved.

(3) All transfers of PNR data by air carriers to the NPIU for the purposes of this Act shall be made electronically by using secure methods conforming to those common protocols, which shall be common to all transfers to ensure the security of the PNR data during transfer.

(4) All air carriers are required to select and identify to the NPIU the common protocol and data format that they intend to use for their transfers, provided the NPIU is satisfied that the data formats and transmission protocols provide an adequate level of security.

(5) It shall be ensured that the necessary technical measures are adopted to be able to use those common protocols and data formats within one year from the date of the adoption of the common protocols and supported data formats referred to in sub-articles (2), (3) and (4).