How old do you have to be to ...
be left at home on your own?
- no age limit (but parents are legally responsible for making sure their children are safe).
- leave home?
16 (usually need parent agreement)
leave school?
the last Friday in June when you are in year 11.
get a credit card?
18
drive a car?
17 (moped at 16)
buy cigarettes?
18
buy alcohol?
- 18
gamble?
- 18 to place a bet, 16 to get a lottery ticket
get married?
- 16 (usually need parent agreement)
have sex?
- 16
be convicted of a criminal offence?
- 10
get a custodial sentence (be locked up)?
- 10
vote ?
- 18
see your birth certificate if adopted?
- 18