(1) In Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (financial reporting orders) -
(a) omit section 76 (making financial reporting orders in England and Wales);
(b) omit section 77 (making financial reporting orders in Scotland);
(c) omit section 78 (making financial reporting orders in Northern Ireland).
(2) In Part 1 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (serious crime prevention orders), after section 5 insert -
"5A Verification and disclosure of information
(1) This section applies where information is provided to a law enforcement officer in response to an information requirement imposed by a serious crime prevention order.
"Information requirement" means a requirement of the kind referred to in section 5(5)(a) or (b).
(2) The law enforcement officer may, for the purpose of -
(a) checking the accuracy of the information, or
(b) discovering the true position,
disclose the information to any person who the officer reasonably believes may be able to contribute to do
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