Legal Adult Age?

in some places it is

18 = Young Adult
21 = Full Adult

but in Australia 18 you get everything and at 16 your A young adult since you get drive,apply for an job & get payments. Your still under your parents care untill your 18.

At 17 you can live with someone else get adult punishment by law.


Its all comfusing and weird.
 
Here where I'm at, you get get a learner's permit where you can drive a car with an individual who has a license at 14 at the earliest but you can get a driver's license where you can drive by yourself at 16.

You can officially start working at 16, unless you have a work permit which I believe you can get at 14 or 15.

You become a legal adult at 18. However, you can't legally drink until you're 21. You can own a rifle or shotgun at 18 but you can't own a handgun until you're 21.
 
You are lucky over there, Here guns are banned by normal people. Only police & Australian Staff(Goverment) is allowed to have access to any gun.
 
Only have 30 more days.

Apologize in bumping an old thread.
 
New Zealand Age Laws:

at 5 years
- you can enrol in a state school

at 6 years
- you must start school. If your parents want to teach you at home they must get an exemption from the Ministry of Education

at 10 years
- you can be charged for murder or manslaughter

at 12 years
- if you have to give evidence in Court, you have to take a formal oath
- you can be charged with very serious criminal offences other than murder or manslaughter

at 14 years
- you are now legally a 'young person' (rather than a 'child')
- you can be left at home alone
- you can baby-sit children (if you are capable of reasonable supervision and care)
- you can be prosecuted for any criminal offence

at 16 years
- you can sit a driving test and obtain your learner licence
- you can leave home
- you can get married or enter a civil union with your parents’ consent – your parents will no longer be your guardians if you do
- you can decide which parent you want to live with if your parents split up
- you can agree to, or refuse, medical treatment
- you can’t be made to be treated for mental disorders without your consent, unless you are under a compulsory treatment order
- you can leave school and work full-time
- you can be expelled from school
- you can apply for certain benefits, such as the Youth Payment, Young Parent Payment and the Guaranteed Childcare Assistance Payment and the Invalid’s Benefit
- you can apply for a firearms licence
- you can consent to sexual intercourse sounds like fun! :lol: . If you are treated for a sexually transmitted disease the doctor does not have to tell your parents
- your parents can’t change your name unless you agree to it
- you can change your name or make a will if you are married or in a civil union
- you’re entitled to the adult minimum wage, if you’re not a new entrant or trainee

at 17 years
- you can join the Navy, the Army, or the Air Force
- police can question you without your parents or another adult present (see special rules for Police questioning of under-17 year olds)
- if you are charged with a criminal offence you will appear in the District Court, not the Youth Court

at 18 years
- your parents are no longer your legal guardians
- you can get married or enter a civil union without your parents’ consent
- you can make a will (though some under-18 year olds can make a will)
- you are no longer entitled to free dental care
- you can buy fireworks, alcohol, cigarettes and tobacco
- you can be employed as a bar person or in a liquor store
- you can join the Police (you need to be at least 18 years old by the time you graduate from Police training)
- you can apply for the Unemployment Benefit, Sickness Benefit or Student Allowance
- you can ask your bank for a cheque account, credit card and a loan
- you are fully bound by any contract you enter into, such as a tenancy agreement or hire purchase
- you can place bets at the TAB or a racecourse and buy Instant Kiwi tickets
- you can vote in national and local authority elections and stand as a candidate
- you can be called in for jury service
- you can apply for the Domestic Purposes Benefit
- if you are adopted you can prevent Births, Deaths and Marriages from giving your birth parents your contact details

at age 20
- if you are adopted you can apply to Births, Deaths and Marriages for a copy of your birth certificate to find the names of your birth parents
- you can apply to adopt a child who is related to you
- you can work in a casino (under this age you can’t work in areas of the casino where gambling takes place)

at age 25
- you can apply to adopt a child who is at least 20 years younger than you

http://www.cab.org.nz/vat/gl/roi/Pages/ ... andID.aspx
 
That's hard to say. I'm twenty-one years old, but I certainly don't feel like an adult.
 
Luke said:
New Zealand Age Laws:

at 5 years
- you can enrol in a state school

at 6 years
- you must start school. If your parents want to teach you at home they must get an exemption from the Ministry of Education

at 10 years
- you can be charged for murder or manslaughter

at 12 years
- if you have to give evidence in Court, you have to take a formal oath
- you can be charged with very serious criminal offences other than murder or manslaughter

at 14 years
- you are now legally a 'young person' (rather than a 'child')
- you can be left at home alone
- you can baby-sit children (if you are capable of reasonable supervision and care)
- you can be prosecuted for any criminal offence

at 16 years
- you can sit a driving test and obtain your learner licence
- you can leave home
- you can get married or enter a civil union with your parents’ consent – your parents will no longer be your guardians if you do
- you can decide which parent you want to live with if your parents split up
- you can agree to, or refuse, medical treatment
- you can’t be made to be treated for mental disorders without your consent, unless you are under a compulsory treatment order
- you can leave school and work full-time
- you can be expelled from school
- you can apply for certain benefits, such as the Youth Payment, Young Parent Payment and the Guaranteed Childcare Assistance Payment and the Invalid’s Benefit
- you can apply for a firearms licence
- you can consent to sexual intercourse sounds like fun! :lol: . If you are treated for a sexually transmitted disease the doctor does not have to tell your parents
- your parents can’t change your name unless you agree to it
- you can change your name or make a will if you are married or in a civil union
- you’re entitled to the adult minimum wage, if you’re not a new entrant or trainee

at 17 years
- you can join the Navy, the Army, or the Air Force
- police can question you without your parents or another adult present (see special rules for Police questioning of under-17 year olds)
- if you are charged with a criminal offence you will appear in the District Court, not the Youth Court

at 18 years
- your parents are no longer your legal guardians
- you can get married or enter a civil union without your parents’ consent
- you can make a will (though some under-18 year olds can make a will)
- you are no longer entitled to free dental care
- you can buy fireworks, alcohol, cigarettes and tobacco
- you can be employed as a bar person or in a liquor store
- you can join the Police (you need to be at least 18 years old by the time you graduate from Police training)
- you can apply for the Unemployment Benefit, Sickness Benefit or Student Allowance
- you can ask your bank for a cheque account, credit card and a loan
- you are fully bound by any contract you enter into, such as a tenancy agreement or hire purchase
- you can place bets at the TAB or a racecourse and buy Instant Kiwi tickets
- you can vote in national and local authority elections and stand as a candidate
- you can be called in for jury service
- you can apply for the Domestic Purposes Benefit
- if you are adopted you can prevent Births, Deaths and Marriages from giving your birth parents your contact details

at age 20
- if you are adopted you can apply to Births, Deaths and Marriages for a copy of your birth certificate to find the names of your birth parents
- you can apply to adopt a child who is related to you
- you can work in a casino (under this age you can’t work in areas of the casino where gambling takes place)

at age 25
- you can apply to adopt a child who is at least 20 years younger than you

<span><a class="smarterwiki-linkify" href="http://www.cab.org.nz/vat/gl/roi/Pages/LegalagesandID.aspx">http://www.cab.org.nz/vat/gl/roi/Pages/LegalagesandID.aspx</a></span>
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Thanks for finding all the age group laws 🙂
at 16 do you need parental consist to leave home?
Would these apply also in Australia?

I think untill your 18 they will throw people i a youth detention center until they turn 18.
 
In Greece, you are classified as an Adult at the age of 18. You can drink, smoke, buy a car etc. 🙂
 
In Washington, US:

You can start working at 14 with a permit. You need a permit up to the age of 18, but you can start working later and a lot longer at the age of 16.

You can get a permit for driving at 15, license at 16. As with much of the US, you have to wait six months after you get your license to drive anyone else under the age of 20.

The age of consent is 16. You're a legal adult at 18, which means you can buy lottery tickets, scratch cards, tobacco products, and other things.

And finally, at 21, you can legally possess and consume alcohol and marijuana. The marijuana legalization was pretty recent, I think it was only four or five months ago.
 
Well it's weird some people 16/17 are small still while others are taller/average (like me)

its weird that you can drive and live on your own but carnt sign a house lease and your still legally A kid till 18.
 
I think you become an adult as soon as the law charges you as one. Then that's when you become a adult.
 
if you get charged you still need a legal guardian or your parents with you in other words you need an adult with you. The laws confusing.
 
In Britain you get your ID Card at the age of 16, but you're able to begin to learn to drive at 17 and possibly pass at that age, however there are a few private companies that have private roads for you to start learning at 15. You're legally an adult at the age of 18 when you can then drink. 🙂
 
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