Protection of Passenger Information Regulations

6 The Agency may, on a case-by-case basis, when necessary for the purposes of the Act, national security, the defence of Canada or the conduct of international affairs, disclose passenger name record information to a federal or provincial government department or another federal or provincial government authority if

• (a) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the information would be relevant to the prevention, investigation or prosecution of a terrorism offence or serious transnational crime;

• (b) the department or authority exercises functions directly related to the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of terrorism offences or serious transnational crimes;

• (c) the department or authority has undertaken to apply standards to protect the information that are at least equivalent to those set out in these Regulations;

• (d) the department or authority has undertaken not to further disclose the information without the permission of the Agency, unless required by law to do so; and

• (e) the Agency discloses only the information that is necessary for the purposes for which it is disclosed.