MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 42 Meaning of chased without interruption

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 42

             (1)  A vessel is chased without interruption if:

                     (a)  at a place where a maritime officer may exercise powers in relation to the vessel without having chased the vessel, a maritime officer requires the person in charge of the vessel to:

                              (i)  stop the vessel; or

                             (ii)  facilitate boarding of the vessel; and

                     (b)  the requirement is not complied with; and

                     (c)  the vessel is chased from that place; and

                     (d)  the chase is not interrupted.

Note:          For requirements to facilitate boarding and stop, see sections 53 and 54.

             (2)  The chase is not interrupted only because:

                     (a)  it is continued by another maritime officer; or

                     (b)  it is begun, or taken over, by a vessel or aircraft (including a vessel or aircraft of a foreign country) other than the vessel or aircraft from which the requirement was made; or

                     (c)  if the chase is continued by a vessel or aircraft of a foreign country--there is no maritime officer on board the vessel or aircraft; or

                     (d)  the vessel is out of sight of any or all of the maritime officers, or officers of a foreign country, involved in the chase; or

                     (e)  the vessel cannot be tracked by remote means, including radio, radar, satellite or sonar.