When you are 18, you are allowed to:
- vote
- sue or be sued
- perform professionally abroad
- serve on a jury
- get tattooed
- buy cigarettes and tobacco
- buy and drink alcohol in a bar
- buy fireworks
- leave home
- marry or register a civil partnership
- make a Will
- you cannot be made a ward of the court
- own land, buy a house or flat & apply for a mortgage
- if adopted, apply to see a copy of original birth certificate
Page last updated: Dec 18 2007