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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Legal Studies
How old do you have to be to do these things in England ?
Hi there. I had to do some research about English law. Could you please tell me whether my answers are correct ? Thank you so much.
1) buy alcohol : 18
2)drink alcohol in public : 18 or 16 if it's beer/cider with a meal in a pub and you're with an adult
3) drink alcohol in private : 5 (alcohol may be given by parents to children over the age of 5 in a private home)
4) go into pubs : 14
5) buy cigarettes : 16
6) smoke : 16
7) drive a moped : 16
8) drive a car : 17
9) drive a motorbike : 17
10) vote in a general election : 18
11)join the army : 18
12)get married with your parents' consent : 16
13) get married without your parents' consent : 18
14) have a credit card : 18
15) leave school : 16
16) have a part-time job : 13 (full-time : 16)
17) sign on for unemployment benefit : 16
18) be tried in a criminal court : 10
19) buy a gun : 17
20) have sex if you're a boy : 16
21) have sex if you're a girl : 16
Thanks a lot !!!!
Cheyenne Akinuoye
1) buy alcohol : 18
2)drink alcohol in public : 18 or 16 if it's beer/cider with a meal in a pub and you're with an adult
3) drink alcohol in private : 5 (alcohol may be given by parents to children over the age of 5 in a private home)
4) go into pubs : 14
5) buy cigarettes : 16
6) smoke : 16
7) drive a moped : 16
8) drive a car : 17
9) drive a motorbike : 17
10) vote in a general election : 18
11)join the army : 18
12)get married with your parents' consent : 16
13) get married without your parents' consent : 18
14) have a credit card : 18
15) leave school : 16
16) have a part-time job : 13 (full-time : 16)
17) sign on for unemployment benefit : 16
18) be tried in a criminal court : 10
19) buy a gun : 17
20) have sex if you're a boy : 16
21) have sex if you're a girl : 16
Thanks a lot !!!!
Cheyenne Akinuoye
Top answer
4). 14+ allowed into the actual bar room only if food is served there, otherwise 18. Children are legally allowed in other areas of pubs, many have family rooms/gardens etc.
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- 14+ allowed into the actual bar room only if food is served there, otherwise 18.
- Children are legally allowed in other areas of pubs, many have family rooms/gardens etc.
- 6) I don't think there is a legal minimum age to smoke, just a minimum age for buying cigarettes.
- 11).
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4). 14+ allowed into the actual bar room only if food is served there, otherwise 18. Children are legally allowed in other areas of pubs, many have family rooms/gardens etc.
6) I don't think there is a legal minimum age to smoke, just a minimum age for buying cigarettes.
11). 16. With regard to deployment on active service, there is no legislation about minimum age, merely guide
6) I don't think there is a legal minimum age to smoke, just a minimum age for buying cigarettes.
11). 16. With regard to deployment on active service, there is no legislation about minimum age, merely guide
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0 With regards to 20 & 21, age 16 is the legal 'age of consent' - which means the age at which a boy or girl can decide for themselves whether or not to have *** with someone 16 or over. It is not the legal age that they can have ***. What this means is that if a 16 year old has *** with a 15 year old, then the 16 year old is breaking the law. The 15 year old isn't. However, if two 15 year
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5) you have to be 18
6) you have to be 18
2) you can have a drink with your meal at 14
6) you have to be 18
2) you can have a drink with your meal at 14
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Anonymous5) you have to be 18 This has just been lowered.
6) you have to be 18 There is no age at which you are forbidden to smoke. Only an age at which you may buy tobacco.
2) you can have a drink with your meal at 14 in a public bar/restaurant.
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16 to smoke, but 18 to purchase and 16 to join the armed forces,,,,,by the way these are correct and official
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Number 2.. You can drink alcohol with your parents in a resturant from the age of 14 aslong as its a restuarant not a pub. and thats any alcohol not just beer/cider.
Number 4.. you can go into pubs at any age aslong as your with an 18+ (adult) you can only drink alcohol in pubs at the age of 18.
number 5.. to by cigarettes you have to be 18.. it used to be 16.
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Number 4.. you can go into pubs at any age aslong as your with an 18+ (adult) you can only drink alcohol in pubs at the age of 18.
number 5.. to by cigarettes you have to be 18.. it used to be 16.
Number 11
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SORRY BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF DATE FOR 2009 NOW SMOKING IS 18 NOT 16 PLEASE CAN U UP DATE THIS THANKS.
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