[HPforGrownups] Another inconsistency?

[Sharon Hayes]

No: HPFGUIDX 176324

Sharon:
I have recently reread HBP and noticed that neither Harry nor Ron had passed their 
Apparition tests by the end of the book -- Ron becuase he failed the test and Harry 
becuase he wasn't old enough to take the test.  So neither Ron nor Harry had a 
lisence to Apparate.  Yet in DH, we see them both Apparating all over the place. We 
know Harry didn't go for his lisence becuase he left on the quest for Horcruxes 
almost as soon as he turned seventeen.  Maybe Ron did go for his test as some 
stage, but we never hear about it. My take is that, in the uproar surrounding 
Voldemort taking over the MOM and Hogwarts, etc, that the MOM wasn't being too 
rigid about rules.

Also, in HBP, when the kids are learning to Apparate, some of them splinch 
themselves, and while it made them scared and uncomfortable, we don't hear 
anything about blood pouring out of missing limbs etc. So why does Ron almost 
bleed to death when he loses a bit of his arm while Apparating in DH?