LIVING MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 186 Pursuit of vessel or person
LIVING MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 186
Pursuit of vessel or person
(1) A fisheries officer may exercise a power under this Part in respect of a vessel or person at a place at sea outside State waters if (a) the fisheries officer or another fisheries officer has pursued the person or vessel from within those waters to that place; and(b) the pursuit was not stopped or interrupted before the fisheries officer arrived at the place.(2) The pursuit of a vessel or person is not stopped or interrupted only because (a) the fisheries officer has temporarily lost sight of the person or vessel; or(b) a radar or other sensing device was not working or was not working properly.