OOP: Re: Underage Magic

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 67445

 On the Owl receieved by Harry from Ms. Hopkirk in COS, she 
states "We would also ask you to remember that any magical activity 
that risks notice by members of the non-magical community (Muggles) 
is a serious offense under section 13 of the International 
Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of Secrecy.  This, and the fact 
that the Decree is for the REASONABLE Restriction of underage 
sorcery, leads me to believe that the MOM has discretion.  Wizard 
kids living in wizard homes are given slack, I would imagine...kind 
of like muggle kids growing up on muggle farms and driving trucks and 
tractors without a drivers license.  Perhaps given Harry's 
situation...The Hogwart's faculty being aware that the Dursley's 
are "the worst sort of Muggles"...they keep a tighter leash on him 
rather than risk having Vernon and Petunia crack and start ranting 
about the WW on the British equivalent of "Hard Copy" or worse yet, 
THROW HIM OUT...possibly leaving him at LV's mercy????

As for the Dobby incident in COS and the Ministry's misjudgement of 
that, I think it is a FLINT.  I think it is evident in OOP that the 
Ministry has magical means of knowing who performs a spell.  
Obviously their were wizards apparating and disapparating at all 
summer to guard Harry. Between his Guard and whatever the Order might 
have been doing at Ms. Figg's house, Privet Drive would have been a 
hotbed of magical activity.  The fact that in OOP they could separate
Harry's magic from Fletcher's apparating not that much earlier in the 
evening says to me that they are able to distingush between spell 
casters.  They should have been aware that the magic done in POA was 
not performed by Harry.

Andrea