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• What age can I?
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• Sex and the law

14 +

• You can get a part time job, for a maximum of two hours on a school day, working sometime between 7.00am and 8.00am and 5.00pm and 7.00pm.
• You can work on Sundays between 7.00am and 7.00pm, but again for no more than two hours.
• You can work up to five hours on a Saturday between 7.00am and 7.00pm.You can work any day during school holidays but must have a fortnight without employment during this time.
• It's worth checking with your Local Authority before taking on unusual work (i.e. anything that doesn't involve shoving papers through letterboxes) to be sure it doesn't contravene local regulations and bylaws
• You can go into a bar and order soft drinks.
• If convicted of a serious criminal offence (in a Youth Court), You can
  be held in secure accommodation for no more than 24 months. You could also get a fine for a maximum of £1,000.
• You can get a licence to take part in public performances abroad.

15+

• You can work up to eight hours on a Saturday between 7.00am and 7.00pm (if you're 15 or over but under school-leaving age).
• You can view, rent or buy a 15 rated film.
• If you are awaiting trial for a criminal offence, you may be held in a remand centre.
• If convicted, you can be sent to a young offenders institute for up to two years.

16+

• You have the right to give consent to medical, dental and surgical treatment. This includes contraceptive advice and treatment.
• You can leave school on the last Friday in June (as long as you're 16) by the end of the summer holidays.
• You are entitled to free full-time further education (at school, sixth form college and city technology college).
• If you do leave full-time education for work, you are allowed to take time off for training or study (until you're 17).
• You can have sex, gay or straight, so long as your partner is also 16+ (17+ in Northern Ireland).
• If you're 17 and under, it is an offence for someone in a position of trust who is 18 or over to engage in any kind of sexual activity with you.
• You can claim benefit and obtain a National Insurance number.
• You can apply for legal aid.
• You can drink a beer or a cider with a meal in a pub or hotel.
• You can ride a moped with a max engine power of 50cc (and a provisional licence). You can also drive an invalid vehicle (with a licence) and a mowing machine.
• You can work as a street trader and/or sell scrap metal.
• You can choose your own doctor.
• You can work full time if you've chosen to leave school (but not in a bar or a betting shop).
• You can join the armed forces (so long as that's OK with your parent/s or carer).
• You can move out of the family home. (If you're under 17 then Social Services may apply for a Care Order).
• You can rent accommodation (but a guarantor is required until you're 18 this is an adult who can be responsible for you).
• You have the right to access your school records.
• You must pay for prescription charges (unless you're pregnant, on income support or in full-time education). Laws in Wales differ though.
• You can order your own passport.
• If convicted of a criminal offence, but not given a custodial sentence, you can receive a community rehabilitation order for up to three years, a community punishment order up to 240 hours, or a combination of both.
• You can do the football pools, and play the National Lottery.
• You can buy premium bonds.
• You can fly a glider.
• You can get married (with parental consent).

17+

• You can drive most types of vehicles (with a provisional driving licence and a 21+ adult in the passenger seat who is qualified to drive).
• If you pass your driving test, and you're properly insured, you can get behind the wheel and take to the road on your own.
• You can apply for a private pilot's licence for a plane, helicopter, gyroplane, hot air balloon and airship.
• You can be interviewed by the police without an adult present, given a reprimand or a warning. Should you be charged with an offence (without being granted bail) then you could be sent to a remand centre or prison.
• Care orders can no longer be made for you.
• You can become a blood donor.

18+

• You can vote in local and general elections.
• You can stand for election as a Member of Parliament, local councillor or Mayor.
• You can serve on a jury, or be tried in a magistrates court and go to jail if you're found guilty of a criminal offence.
• If you were adopted you can see your original birth certificate (and have your name added to the Adoption Contact Register).
• You can make a will.
• You can leave your body for medical study.
• You can carry a donor card.
• You can get married without parental permission.
• You can view, rent or buy an 18 rated film.
• You can view, rent, or buy pornographic material that does not contravene UK obscenity laws.
• You can buy fireworks.
• You can place a bet in a betting shop/casino.
• You can buy cigarettes, rolling tobacco, cigarette papers and also liqueur chocolates.
• You can open your own bank account.
• You can ride a motorbike above 125cc with a licence.
• You can buy an alcoholic drink in a pub or a bar.
• You can pawn stuff in a pawn shop.
• You can have a tattoo.
• You can drive lorries between 3500kg and 7500kg with a trailer up to 750kg (with the appropriate licence).

19+

• You are no longer entitled to free full time education at school.

21+

• You can apply to adopt a child.
• You can supervise a learner driver (so long as you've held a driving licence for the same type of vehicle for three years).
• You can apply for a range of licences that would allow you to fly commercial transport aeroplanes, helicopters, gyroplanes and airships.
• You can drive lorries over 3500kg with a trailer over 750kg (with the appropriate licence), as well as buses and road rollers.
• You can also drive vehicles over 3500kg with a trailer up to 750kg (with the appropriate licence). By qualifying for an additional category on your licence, you can drive vehicles over 3500kg and tow trailers over 750kg.