Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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 requirement s to facilitate boarding and stop , see section s 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.