What can I do at age 18?
When you are 18 you are allowed to:
- Vote
- Sue or be sued
- Open a bank account in your own name
- Perform professionally abroad
- Serve on a jury
- Get a tattoo
- Buy cigarettes and tobacco
- Buy and drink alcohol in a bar
- See an 18 certificate film at the cinema
- Buy fireworks
- Pawn items in a pawn shop
- Leave home
- Marry or register a civil partnership
- Make a Will
- Stand for election as a member of parliament
- Carry an organ donor card
- You cannot be made a ward of the court
- Own land, buy a house or flat & apply for a mortgage
- If you are adopted, you can apply to see a copy of your original birth certificate
- Ride a motorbike above 125cc with a licence
- Drive lorries between 3500kg and 7500kg with a trailer up to 750kg (with the appropriate licence)
Other Sites Contacts
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Children's Legal Centre website for young people
Your rights explained!
Citizens Advice Bureau
The UK's largest advice provider they are equipped to deal with any issue, from anyone, spanning debt and employment to consumer and housing plus everything in between.
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The Children's Legal Centre
Legal advice, information and representation for children and young people. This page provides a link to their specialist site: www.childlawadvice.org.uk
