Contributions, etc., due to the Board to have priority over other debts

Sums due on account of contributions payable under this Act and any other amount payable to the Board shall be included among debts accorded priority under any written law in force (being any law relating to personal insolvency, companies winding-up and the remedies of debenture holders and charges) where such liability accrued before the date of the order of adjudication of the insolvent or the date of the winding-up, as the case may be.