186Pursuit of vessel or person

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.