Laws in Falkland Islands
How the Falkland Islands is classified on 17 of the 48 laws this site maps, grouped by subject. Each links to the full answer and its source.
Body & Life
- Abortion
- Legal (broad reasons) Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
Money & Games
- Gambling Age
- 18 Minimum age to gamble: 18.
Daily Life
- Public Smoking Bans
- Comprehensive ban Smoking has been prohibited in all enclosed public places, workplaces, and public vehicles in the Falkland Islands since 2011.
- Driving Age
- 16–17 Minimum age to drive a car: 17.
Animals & Environment
- Fur Farming
- Legal No ban on fur farming.
- Cosmetic Animal Testing
- No ban No ban on testing cosmetics on animals.
Civic & Family
- Voting Age
- 18 The voting age is 18.
- Compulsory Voting
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Relationships & Sexuality
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in the Falkland Islands, though solicitation and brothels are prohibited.
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
Speech & Belief
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law No specific law against Holocaust denial.
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
Substances
- Drinking Age
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Smoking Age
- Under 18 The Falkland Islands have no legal minimum age for purchasing or smoking tobacco products.
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
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