Ehsan Kabir | Alcohol Age Limits in UK

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Alcohol Age Limits in UK
Ehsan Kabir
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Aims

• Examine current laws on alcohol, drugs and road
  traffic offences.
• Consider recent changes which have been
  introduced by the Scottish Government.
• Success Criteria
• In your jotter you will produce a summary of the
  current key laws on alcohol, drugs and road
  traffic offences.

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Alcohol Problem

• In 2010, 23 more alcohol was sold per adult in
  Scotland than in England and Wales.
• 5 of deaths in England are due to alcohol.
• Excessive consumption of alcohol leads to various
  health problems e.g. chronic liver disease,
  cirrhosis, high blood pressure, as well as social
  problems such as anti-social behaviour and
  violent crimes.
• Harmful/hazardous drinking was most common in
  higher-income households and the lowest-income
  households.

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Alcohol Age Limits

• Under Fourteen
• Children are allowed on licensed premises (pub)
  but they cant buy alcohol or have it bought for
  them.
• Sixteen or Seventeen
• In the UK sixteen and seventeen year olds are
  allowed to drink beer, wine or cider at a meal
  out with parents. In Scotland, they do not need
  to have an adult present to purchase alcohol with
  their meal.

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Alcohol Age Limits
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Alcohol Age Limits

• Under Eighteen
• It is against the law for anyone under eighteen
  to buy alcohol in a pub, supermarket or other
  licensed premises.
• Other Laws
• It is an offence for adults to buy alcohol for
  anyone under 18. You can face a fine of up to
  5,000 and/or a prison sentences of up to three
  months.
• It is also an offence to be drunk in a public
  place.

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Classification of Drugs
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Dangerous/Careless Driving

• The courts can fine you and endorse your
  driving licence with penalty points if youre
  convicted of a motoring offence.
• Endorsements must stay on your driving licence
  for 4 or 11 years, depending on the offence.
• The endorsement (and penalty points) is put on
  your driver record and is written on the
  counterpart document of your photo card driving
  licence or on your paper driving licence.
• You can be disqualified from driving if you build
  up 12 or more penalty points within a period of 3
  years.

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Penalty Points
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Careless Driving Offences
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