These Regulations implement, in part, the requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (“the Directive”).
Link: The Passenger Name Record Data and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018
Source: Legislation .gov.uk