Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(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.