42Meaning of chased without interruption

42 Meaning of chased without interruption

(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.