Enforcement powers of Convention State in territorial waters

(1) Subject to this section, a Convention State may, under an agreement made or which may be made by the Government of Belize, exercise in relation to a ship in the territorial waters of Belize, powers corresponding to those conferred on enforcement officers by the Schedule II. Schedule II. (2) A Convention State may exercise those powers in relation to– (a) any ship, when so authorised by an enforcement officer of Belize who is embarked on an enforcement vessel of the (b) any ship which is pursued into the territorial waters of Belize by an enforcement vessel of the Convention State; or (c) a ship other than a Belizean ship, for the purpose of detecting and taking appropriate action in respect of drug offences. (3) A Convention State shall, before exercising the powers referred to in paragraphs (2)(b) and (c),– (a) give advance notice of its proposed action in relation to the ship to an enforcement officer of Belize; or (b) where it was not practical to do so at the time, notify such officer of any action taken in 40 relation to the ship as soon as possible after its occurrence. (4) A Convention State shall not exercise the powers referred to in paragraphs (2)(b) and (c) unless an enforcement vessel of Belize is not immediately available to exercise enforcement powers in relation to the ship. (5) In this section“enforcement vessel of the Convention State” means a warship or other ship of that State, authorised by the State to be on its service other than its commercial service, clearly identifiable as being on such service and having on board law enforcement officials of that State; it includes any boat or aircraft carried on such a ship; and “enforcement vessel of Belize” means a vessel operated by the Belize Defence Force, the Belize Police Department, the Customs Department or any other agency which the central authority may, by order published in the Gazette, designate. Schedule II.