If the sex is consensual (and it must be enthusiastic consent) and the other party is also aged 16 years or over it is not against the law, although there are some exceptions: If the person is very drunk or under the influence of drugs, they may not have the capacity to consent so having sex with them is an offence.
Although the legal age of consent throughout Australia is either 16 or 17 years of age, legislation in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia makes it an offence for a person in a supervisory role to have sexual interactions with a ...
Statutory rape refers to sexual activity involving an adult and a child below the "age of consent." Minors cannot legally consent to have sex with adults, so any form of sexual activity involving an adult and a minor violates the law.
If you are 16 years old and above, you can legally have sex (or do another sexual activity) with another person who is 16 years or older as long as you both agree to it.
However, it is not an offence if the person honestly believed that you were 16 or if there was less than a two-year age difference between you. This is exactly two years. For example, if a person is 17 and has sex with someone who is 15, it is not a crime.
About legal age in Australia
As your child grows up and becomes more independent, you might be wondering how old they need to be before they can do certain things. In Australia, you're considered to be an adult when you turn 18 years old.
If you're 16 or over, you can have any sort of consensual sex without breaking the law—if you and your sexual partner both are capable of consenting, and both of you are over 16.
In the Australian Capital Territory, the age of consent is 16 years old. As per section 55 of the Crimes Act 1900 (ACT), it is an offence to have sexual intercourse with any person under the age of 16 years old, punishable by a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment.
In every U.S. state the age of consent is between 16 and 18. It is legal, therefore, for anyone 18+ to engage in consensual sexual activity.
Nope; he's an adult, you are a minor child. Should the two of you decide to have sex, even though it is consensual, he can be charged with statutory rape because you are under the age of 18.
A 14 or 15 year old can consent to sexual activity as long as the partner is less than five years older and there is no relationship of trust, authority or dependency or any other exploitation of the young person.
There aren't any laws around being in a non-sexual relationship where one person is under 18 and the other over. Once you turn 16 it's not illegal for someone to have sex with you no matter how old they are.
Once you turn 16, you won't normally be forced to return home by the authorities as long as you've got a safe place to go and you can financially support yourself. If you're under 18 and leave home, the police and Child Safety may investigate the reasons why you left home.
In Victoria, like in the majority of jurisdictions, the age of consent stands at 16. However, a young person aged 16 or 17 cannot validly consent to sex with a person in a position of authority over them. Like many states, Victoria has what is often referred to as a Romeo and Juliette law.
If the sex is consensual (and it must be enthusiastic consent) and the other party is also aged 16 years or over it is not against the law, although there are some exceptions: If the person is very drunk or under the influence of drugs, they may not have the capacity to consent so having sex with them is an offence.
A 'young person' is someone aged at least 16 but less than 18 years. The young person was under your 'special care' if: You were his or her step-parent, guardian, authorised carer, or the de facto partner of his or her parent, guardian or authorised carer.
There's no law against it. You might run into some funny looks if the 30-year-old is in a position of trust relating to the 17-year-old, but it's not a problem in that regard.
In Australia, the twelfth grade is referred to as Year 12. In New South Wales, students are usually 16 or 17 years old when they enter Year 12 and 17 or 18 years during graduation (end of year).
Adolescents (13 years through 17 years. They may also be referred to as teenagers depending on the context.) Adults (18 years or older) Older adults (65 and older)*
The lowest age of consent is in Nigeria (11) followed by the Philippines and Angola (12). The age of consent is 13 in four countries – Japan, Niger, Comoros and Burkina Faso.
"Half-your-age-plus-seven" rule
An often-asserted rule of thumb to determine whether an age difference is socially acceptable holds that a person should never date someone whose age is less than half their own plus seven years.
No, a standard to define a significant age hap is when the younger age is less than 80% of the older age. If the ratio from younger than old is 4/5 or more, it is not a big age gap. 17 to 21 is roughly 81%, therefore it's not quite a big age gap though it's close to significant though not quite by this standard.