[HPforGrownups] Question about the Ministry of Magic

[Kassie Ostrander]

No: HPFGUIDX 8096



>Has there been any discussion about how long the Ministry of Magic
>has been in place?  Or Mr. Weasley's department?  (Misuse of Muggle
>Artifacts)  In the first chapter(?) of PS/SS when Hagrid flys in on
>Sirius's motercycle, it didn't seem like that big of a deal to
>Dumbledore or McGonagall.  Which means that a)that didn't really care
>that the motorcycle was illegal, b)the Department for the misuse of
>muggle artifacts didn't exist, or c) Sirius was exempt from the rules
>that the rest of the witches and warlocks had to abide by.  I think
>I'm personally going for b.  I was just curious if anything like this
>had been addressed on the list before.
>
>Amy
>


I actually had a question that is quite similar... How long has the Decree 
for underage wizardry been along?  In SS Petunia Dursley says that Lilly 
always used to come home and turn teacups into frogs, or something to that 
effect;  could something have happened in recent years to warrent these 
changes?

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