Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00123:section:42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00123
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 42
Character Range: 48862–50076

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.