What you can do at age...

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Age 10

• You can... Be charged with a criminal offence
• You can... Open a building society account, with the manager's agreement
• You can... Choose your own religion

Age 12

• You can... Buy certain pets
• You can... Watch Cert 12 movies

Age 13

• You can... Get a part-time job under certain conditions
• You can... Be placed in a secure unit of a care home for up to 72 hours, if you have a history of running away, or may injure yourself or others
• You can... Be found guilty of rape and other sex offences.

Age 14

You are no longer defined as a 'child', but a 'young person'!

• You can... Engage in light work
• You can... Go into a pub or bar on your own to buy soft drinks
• You are... Responsible for wearing a seat belt!
• You can... Drive a tractor on farmland
• You can... Be found guilty of any crime (though the court system is different)

Age 15

• You can... Watch Cert 15 movies
• You can... Be sent to a young offenders institution
• You can... Possess a shotgun certificate

Age 16

• You can... Leave school and work full time
• You can... Leave home with your parents consent
• You can... Consent to sex (Both heterosexual and homosexual)
• You can... Get a passport
• You can... Get married (If your parents agree!)
• You can... Consent to, or refuse medical or dental treatment
• You can... Change your name by deed poll
• You can... Buy a lottery ticket
• You can... Be a blood donor 
• You can... Drive a moped up to 50cc
• You can... Fly solo in a glider
• You can... Sell scrap metal! 
• You can... Join a trade union
• You can... Choose your own doctor
• You can... Claim benefits
• You can... Apply for legal help, advice and assistance
• You can... Get a National Insurance Number
• You can... Sign up for the British Army as a soldier
• You can... Sign up as a Royal Air Force airman/air woman
• You can... Sign up for the Royal Navy as a soldier

Age 17

• You can... Drive a car, motorcycle, van or tractor on the road 
• You can... Fly a plane
• You can... Be a street trader
• You can... Girls can join the Armed Forces with parental consent
• You can... Get a firearms certificate
• You can... Apply for a helicopter pilot's license (!)
• You can... Sign up for the British Army as an officer
• You can... Sign up for the Royal Air Force as an officer
• You can... Sign up for the Royal Navy as an officer
• You can... Go to war
• You can... Buy a crossbow!
• You can... Be tried for a crime like an adult
• You can... Be interviewed by the police with no adults present

Age 18

You are now considered an adult in the eyes of the law

• You can... Serve on a jury
• You can... Place a bet
• You can... Make a Will
• You can... Carry a donor card
• You can... Buy alcohol
• You can... Vote
• You can... Sign contracts
• You can... Ride a motorbike above 125cc with a license
• You can... If you're adopted, you can see your birth certificate
• You can... Get a tattoo
• You can... Leave home without parental consent
• You can... Sue and be sued
• You can... Buy fireworks
• You can... Get married without your parents consent
• You can... Act as an executor of a persons will
• You can... See a Cert 18 movie
• You can... Go into a sex shop
• You can... Own houses and land
• You can... Apply for a mortgage
• You can... Buy cigarettes
• You can... Go abroad to sing, play or perform professionally
• You can... Pawn things at a pawn shop
• You can... Apply to be a police officer (to take up appointment at 18½)

Age 21

• You can... Apply to become a foster/adoptive parent
• You can... Supervise a learner if you have held a licence for the same type of vehicle for three years
• You can... Become an MP or councillor
• You can... Hold a license to sell alcohol
• You can... Hold a license to drive all large goods vehicles and passenger carrying vehicles