S.L. 9.28 Art. 2Operational national point of contact. Cap. 9.

(1) The Malta Police Force is hereby designated as the operational national point of contact, as referred to in Article 14 of

Directive (EU) 2019/713, for purposes of exchanging information relating to the offences established in article 310F and article 310H of the Criminal Code.

(2) The national point of contact shall be available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week and shall have procedures in place so that urgent requests for assistance are promptly dealt with.

(3) The national point of contact shall reply to any request for assistance within eight (8) hours of receipt, by at least indicating whether the request will be answered, the form of such an answer and the estimated time within which the reply will be sent.