8.10The Criminal Disclosure Act 2008 controls how information will be disclosed by the prosecution to the defence. Section 13 of the Criminal Disclosure Act requires the disclosure of any relevant information unless there is a reason to refuse the disclosure. The prosecutor must disclose a list of information that is being withheld and the reasons, and if the defendant requests, they must also provide grounds in support (unless giving grounds would itself prejudice the protected interests that justify non-disclosure of the information in question). Under section 16(1)(g), information does not have to be disclosed if it would be likely to prejudice New Zealand’s security or defence, international relations or the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand on a basis of confidence by the government of any other country or any agency of such a government or any international organisation.