Accodring to Connexions' interesting guide, at 16...

  You can have a full time job if you have officially left school.
  A boy can join the armed forces with his parents’ or carers' agreement.
  You are free to live independently, subject to conditions being met.
  You can buy cigarettes and tobacco.
  You can have beer or cider whilst eating a meal in a restaurant or an eating area of a pub, outside of the bar.
  A male may consent to a homosexual act if he and his partner are over 16.
  A girl must be over 16 before she can legally have sex with a boy.
  It is illegal for a boy or man to have sex with a girl under 16, even if she has agreed.
  You can ride a moped of up to 50ccs.
  You can have an abortion.
  You can pilot a glider.
  You can marry with your parental consent.
  You can apply for your own passport.

I can't wait to get into that glider!

Posted by Fin at 5/18/2004 12:01:00 am

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