Part 4: Police Powers Chapter 5: Maritime Enforcement: English and Welsh Offences Section 86: Hot pursuit of ships in Scotland waters
This section provides for powers of hot pursuit, where law enforcement officers operating in England and Wales waters or international waters seek to pursue a ship into Scottish waters.
	Subsection (1) sets out a that a law enforcement officer may exercise the maritime enforcement powers in relation to a ship in Scotland waters, provided that the conditions in this subsection are met.
	Subsection (2) provides that, for the purposes of subsection (1)(e), pursuit is not interrupted simply because the method of carrying out the pursuit, or the identity of the ship or aircraft carrying out the pursuit, changes during the course of the pursuit. For example, where a speed boat is pursued initially by a police helicopter and then by a border force clipper, this represents an uninterrupted pursuit.