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AGE 13
You can be employed for a certain
number of hours a week
AGE 14 You can go
to the pub, but you cannot drink or buy alcohol
You are responsible for
wearing a seat belt
AGE 16 You can buy
cigarettes or tobacco
You can leave school
You can choose your own
doctor
You can claim social security benefit
You can work full time
You
can leave home with your parents’ consent
You can get married with one
parent’s consent
You can drink wine or beer with a meal in a
restaurant
You can hold a licence to drive a moped
You can buy a ticket in
the National Lottery
AGE 17
You can hold a
licence to drive any vehicle except certain heavy ones
You can engage in
street trading
You can purchase an air rifle
You can leave home without
your parents’ consent
AGE 18
You can
appear before adult courts
You can get married without your parents’
consent
You can vote
You can act as an executor of a person’s will
You
can bet
You can buy fireworks
You can change your name
You can apply
for a passport
You can own houses and land
You can apply for a
mortgage
You can go abroad to sing, play or perform professionally
You can
sit on a jury
You can be a blood donor
You can buy alcohol
You can
drink alcohol in a pub
You can hold a licence to sell alcohol
Source: Essex Police > Off beat > Wise Up
> Legal Age
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