# The Passenger Name Record Data and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018, Regulation 11: Requests for PNR data made by a UK competent authority ...


(1) A UK competent authority must channel its requests for PNR information processed by an EU PIU or a third country competent authority through the ... PIU.
(2) Where necessary in the case of an emergency and provided the conditions laid down in paragraph (3) are satisfied, a UK competent authority may make a request for PNR information directly to a third country competent authority.
(3) The conditions are that—
(a) the request is made solely for the purposes of the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of terrorist offences or serious crime;
(b) the request is made in respect of a specific case;
(c) the request is duly reasoned, and
(d) a copy of the request is sent to the PIU.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/598/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/passenger-name-record-data-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2018/regulation-11
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