At What Age Should You?

Student A
Rights and Responsibilities
Age now in English law
You can go into a pub but you
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cannot buy or drink alcohol there.
You can work full-time if you have
16
left school.
You can become an M.P. or local
21
councillor.
You can see a U category film
any age
unaccompanied.
You can become a street trader.
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If you are adopted, you can see
your birth certificate of application
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to the Registrar General.
You can consent or refuse
consent to surgical, medical or
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dental treatment.
You can get a part-time job with
certain restrictions, for example,
you cannot work for more than 2
16
hours on a school day or on a
Sunday.
You can open a bank account if
the bank thinks you understand
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the
nature
of
banking
transactions.
You can live with a relative with
at any age
your parents consent .

Age you Recommend

You can apply for access to
personal information held about
you on computer files or in a
computerised system.
You can be tattooed.
You can hold a pilots licence.
You can make a will.
You can buy a pet.
You can buy fireworks.
You can drink alcohol in private,
for example, at home.
You can donate your body to
science
without
parental
permission.
You can change your name.
You can have your fingerprints
taken by the police.

Do you agree?

Reasons for recommendation

At What Age Should You?

Student B
Rights and Responsibilities

Age you recommend

Reasons for
recommendation

You can go into a pub but you

cannot buy or drink alcohol there.
You can work full-time if you have
left school.
You can become an M.P. or local
councillor.
You can see a U category film
unaccompanied.
You can become a street trader.
If you are adopted, you can see
your birth certificate of application
to the Registrar General.
You can consent or refuse
consent to surgical, medical or
dental treatment.
You can get a part-time job with
certain restrictions, for example,
you cannot work for more than 2
hours on a school day or on a
Sunday.
You can open a bank account if
the bank thinks you understand
the
nature
of
banking
transactions.
You live with a relative with your
parents consent .

Age now in English law

You can apply for access to
personal information held about
you on computer files or in a
computerised system.
You can be tattooed.
You can hold a pilots licence.
You can make a will.
You can buy a pet.
You can buy fireworks.
You can drink alcohol in private,
for example, at home.
You can donate your body to
science
without
parental
permission.
You can change your name.
You can have your fingerprints
tken by the police.

at any age
18
17
18
12
16
5
18
18
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Do you agree?