consent laws in the UK

[Sofie]

No: HPFGUIDX 28194

As someone aged 17 and living in the UK I can tell you that this is 
how it works:

16: can consent to heterosexual sex, can buy cigarettes, can get 
married with parents permision, can drink wine/lager/cider in a 
restaraunt with a meal.
17: can start learning to drive
18: can consent to male homosexual sex (no age for female homosexual 
sex), can buy alcohol, can get married,can vote.

So in September of book five Hermione could start smoking, she could 
buy butterbeer if she was eating, she could get married if she wanted 
to etc but Harry and ron couldn't until later in the year. I hope 
I've cleared this up.

Sofie