Part 3: Enforcement by Taking Control of Goods Schedule 13: Taking control of goods: amendments Section 88: Abolition of Crown preference
405.This section abolishes the rule that distraint for debts owed to the Crown takes priority over enforcement of other debts by seizure and sale of goods. This builds upon previous similar changes abolishing priority being given to debts owed to the Crown above other debts in matters of bankruptcy and insolvency.