261Hot pursuit

#### 261 Hot pursuit 261 Hot pursuit > > (1) A fisheries officer may exercise with respect to a person or boat at a place at sea outside the waters to which this Act applies (but not within the territorial sea of another country) a power conferred on a fisheries officer by this Part if— > > > > > (a) one or more fisheries officers (whether or not including the officer exercising the power) have pursued the person or boat from a place within those waters to the place, and > > > > > (b) the pursuit was not stopped or interrupted at any time before the officer concerned arrived at the place for the purpose of exercising the power. > > > (2) For the purposes of this section, a pursuit of a person or boat is taken not to have stopped or to have been interrupted only because the fisheries officer or officers concerned have temporarily lost sight of the person or boat. > > > (3) A reference in this section to having lost sight of a person or boat includes losing output from a radar or other sensing device. > > > (4) Nothing in this section limits the application of this Act as provided by section 7. > > **s 261:** Am 2001 No 104, Sch 1 \[36\] \[37\].