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At
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5
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you can
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- give your child an alcoholic drink in the
home
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At
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7
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you can
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- open a National Savings account (&
withdraw money from it)
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At
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10
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you can
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- be found guilty of a crime (if they can prove
you were wrong)
- be searched, fingerprinted and photographed
by the police
- get locked up for killing someone
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At
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12
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you can
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- be trained to take part in dangerous
performances
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At
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13
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you can
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- work part-time (in certain jobs only)
- be found guilty of rape & other sex
offences
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At
|
14
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you can
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- ride electrically-assisted pedal cycles
- go into a pub
- buy non-alcoholic drinks in a bar
- have an air rifle or pistol
- be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice by the
Police for not wearing a seatbelt
- drive a tractor on farmland
- be found guilty of any crime
- ride a horse without a riding hat on the
road
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At
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15
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you can
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- be sent to Young Offenders Institution or
prison
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At
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16
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you can
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- leave school and work full time (not
in a bar or a betting shop)
- claim Social Security Benefit
- join the army, navy or air force
- fly solo
- make a parachute jump (with your
parents’ consent)
- leave home (with your parents’
consent)
- beg
- join a Trade Union
- buy liqueur chocolates
- buy a lottery ticket, scratchcard &
Premium Bonds
- have sex with someone else
- get married with your parents’
consent
- become Civil Partners with
your parents’ consent
- drive mopeds, small tractors & mowing
machines
- drink wine or beer with a meal
in a pub
- demand the National Minimum Wage (very
reduced rate)
- buy a pet
- chose you own doctor and sign medical
consent forms
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At
|
17
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you can
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- ride a motor bike of less than 125 cc
- drive a car, a road roller and a big
tractor
- donate blood
- buy an air rifle
- leave home without your parent’s consent
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At
|
18
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you can
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- demand the National Minimum Wage (reduced
rate)
- vote
- change your name
- have your own Credit Cards
- become a local Councillor
- act as Executor of a person’s Will
- go abroad to sing, play or perform
professionally
- buy fireworks
- serve on a jury
- donate your body to science
- fight, kill & die for your country
- be tattooed
- get married
- drive a medium size lorry
- leave home without the consent of
your parents
- own your own home
- purchase alcohol in a pub
- borrow money
- drive a London Underground train
- buy and smoke cigarettes
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At
|
21
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you can
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- drive a bus
- drive a Network Rail train
- drive a big lorry
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At
|
22
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you can
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- demand the National Minimum Wage (standard
rate)
|
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At
|
60
|
you are
|
- entitled to minimum income of £109 per week
(2007 rate). If you don’t earn it, the government will give
it to you (Pension Credits)
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At
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70
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you are
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- too old to do Jury Service
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