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Unit eight.

Culture today.

When is it legal?

Exercise two.

Young people and the law.

Legal age limits sometimes change. For example, in the past in the UK, you could buy cigarettes at the age of sixteen. But now you have to be eighteen.

In the UK, now you can leave school at sixteen. But this might change to eighteen in the future.

When is it legal?

Age ten.

You can have your ears pierced, but you must be with a parent or guardian.

You can choose your own religion.

Age twelve.

You can see a film or play a computer game with the twelve category.

You're allowed to buy a pet.

Age thirteen.

You can work five hours a day on Saturdays, Sundays and in school holidays.

But you aren't allowed to work an eight hour day until you're fifteen.

Age fourteen.

You can enter a pub with an adult, but you can't buy alcohol.

Age fifteen.

You can rent a DVD with the fifteen category.

Age sixteen.

You can leave school on the last Friday of June in year eleven.

You can work full-time if you've left school.

You can buy a lottery ticket.

You can ride a moped or scooter.

You can get married with your parents' permission.

Age seventeen.

You can drive a car in the UK.

You can fly a glider.

Age eighteen.

You become an adult in the eyes of the law.

This means you can vote, get married, and drink alcohol.

You can change your name if you want to.

You can get a tattoo.

You can buy cigarettes. Before two thousand and seven, you could buy cigarettes at the age of sixteen.