[HPforGrownups] Re: consent laws in the UK

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 28195

Sofie wrote:

> 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.

Actually, it's 14 so long as you're accompanied by an adult.

> 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.

--John, who can't wait to see JKR's Hard-Drinking, Hard-Livin' Harry :D

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