The law on the age at which a child can do certain things is complex and often confusing, but Elizabeth Langham helps us pick our way through the "cans" and "can'ts"
At What Age Can a Child....?
There are many laws governing children's rights and what they are, or are not, allowed to do.
Here's a short and necessarily incomplete guide but it will answer some commonly asked questions.
Age 5
Enter a casino or bar, but not without an without an adult and not if there is any gambling taking place.
Babysit! But the NSPCC guidelines suggest 16
Must start full time education. The parents decide where
Must pay child fare on a train
Drink alcohol in private
Be charged with and convicted of a criminal offence
Be made subject of an Asbo
Age 12
Be kept in police detention if if arrested
Sign their own passport
Age 13
Do light work such as a paper round
Age 14
Do a job involving light work
Ride a horse on a road without a helmet
Age 15
Be sentenced to up to two years detention and training order - but it has to be very serious.
Age 16
Go into a bar on their own
Drink beer, cider or wine in a restaurant
Join the armed forces with their parents' consent
Enter or live in a brothel
Marry or register a civil partnership
Hold a licence to drive a moped up to 50cc
Buy a pet
Leave school on the last Friday in June
Work full time
Bet on the pools or buy a lottery ticket
Leave home
Consent to medical treatment
Consent to heterosexual or homosexual intercourse
Get an NI number
Apply for a passport
Pay full fare
Buy aerosol paint
Work as a street trader or buy scrap metal
Age 17
Give blood
Hold a driving licence for a car, motorcycle up to 125cv or tractor
Age 18
Now an adult with all the rights and responsibilities that go with it.
But they must wait until they are 21 before they can
Hold a motorbike licence up to 47bhp
Adopt a child
Supervise a learner driver
Be sent to prison
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The law on the age at which a child can do certain things is complex and often confusing, but Elizabeth Langham helps us pick our way through the "cans" and "can'ts"
At What Age Can a Child....?
There are many laws governing children's rights and what they are, or are not, allowed to do.
Here's a short and necessarily incomplete guide but it will answer some commonly asked questions.
Age 5
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