# Obligation to pay outstanding public health debt of sponsored person

> reg-2.87CE — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.87CE Obligation to pay outstanding public health debt of sponsored person
          (1) This regulation applies to a person (the first person) who is or was the parent
              sponsor of another person (the sponsored person).
          (2) If:
                (a) the sponsored person has an outstanding public health debt; and
                (b) the debt relates to an expense incurred by the sponsored person:
                      (i) during the period in which the first person is the parent sponsor of the
                          sponsored person; or







                       (ii) during the period after the first person ceases to be the parent sponsor
                            of the sponsored person but before the sponsored person next leaves
                            Australia or is granted a permanent visa;
               the first person must, as soon as practicable, pay the debt in full.