Guides.
Short, in plain words, with the GOV.UK page linked under every fact so you can read the rule yourself. Each one says the day its sources were last read.
The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013: what a licensed yard has to check, pay and record
The five duties in the Act's own words with the section beside each: which ID counts, no cash, what goes in the receipt and disposal records, linked and kept three years. And whether it has changed.
Defra's Digital Waste Tracking spreadsheet, opened and counted
The free route, with the file in front of you: ten sheets, two you fill in, 47 columns a load and 22 of them mandatory, and the three things the template itself tells you.
Digital Waste Tracking from 1 October 2026: what a scrap yard has to do
Who it reaches, the two working days, how you get on the service, the two ways to send, what Defra charge and what carries on regardless — in GOV.UK's own words.
A question these do not answer
Message us. If it is one a lot of yards are asking, it becomes the next guide, and it goes on this page the day it is written — not before.