# When a person meets the outstanding debt requirements

> reg-2.60Y — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.60Y When a person meets the outstanding debt requirements
          (1) An applicant for approval as a family sponsor in relation to the parent sponsor
              class meets the outstanding debt requirements if both subregulations (2) and (3)
              apply.

               Outstanding public health debts
          (2) This subregulation applies if:
               (a) none of the following persons have an outstanding public health debt:
                      (i) the applicant;
                     (ii) if the applicant has a spouse or de facto partner—the spouse or de
                          facto partner;
                    (iii) a permitted sponsored person in relation to the applicant who is
                          specified in the application;
                    (iv) a previously sponsored parent (if any) in relation to the applicant; or
               (b) both of the following apply:
                      (i) any one or more of the persons mentioned in paragraph (a) has an
                          outstanding public health debt;
                     (ii) each such debt has been paid in full or appropriate arrangements have
                          been made for its payment.

               Outstanding debts to the Commonwealth
          (3) This subregulation applies if:
               (a) the applicant does not have any outstanding debts to the Commonwealth;
                    or
               (b) appropriate arrangements have been made for payment of all of the
                    applicant’s outstanding debts to the Commonwealth.