What can you do at 16 UK?
What can you do at 16 UK?
At 16 you can:
- Get married.
- Enter into a civil partnership.
- Consent to lawful sexual intercourse.
- Leave home without your parents/guardians' consent.
- Apply for your own home through your local council.
- Have access to many more banking facilities, including all adult services, except overdrafts and credit.
Is it illegal to talk to a 16 year old online UK?
Is talking to a minor online illegal in the UK? It is not illegal for an adult to talk with a child online per se, but sexual communication with a child is a criminal offence.
Is 16 a minor in Spain?
Under Spanish law a person under 18 is considered as a child and always has all the protection derived from its status as a minor. A young person in Spain is between 15 and 24 years, persons aged 15 to 17 are children and young people, and 18 to 24 are young but already adults.
Is 16 and 15 legal UK?
It is a criminal offence for anyone who is 16 or older to have any kind of sexual contact with someone aged 13, 14 or 15. It is also a criminal offence for both girls and boys aged 13, 14 and 15 to have consensual sex with anyone else aged 13, 14 or 15.