Section 55 — Immigration Act 2009: Condition that visa holder have sponsor

55 Condition that visa holder have sponsor (1) This section applies to a visa holder who, when applying for the visa concerned, was required to provide a written undertaking from a sponsor in accordance with section 48 . (2) It is a condition of the visa that— (a) the visa holder have a sponsor for the purposes of the specified matter or matters provided for in the written undertaking; and (b) the sponsor meets the obligations in relation to the specified matter or matters provided for in the undertaking. (3) If the sponsor fails to comply with the undertaking— (a) the sponsor owes a debt to the Crown, recoverable by the Crown in a court of competent jurisdiction, if the Crown incurs a cost as a result of the failure; and (b) the sponsor owes a debt to a third party, recoverable by the third party in a court of competent jurisdiction, if a cost has been incurred by the third party as a result of the failure; and (c) the visa holder is deemed to have breached the conditions of his or her visa imposed under subsection (2).