Burial and Cremation Act 2013

The holder of an interment right may surrender the interment right to the relevant authority that issued it.

On the surrender of an unexercised interment right, the relevant authority must give the former holder of the interment right a refund equal to the current fee payable for an interment right of the same kind, less a reasonable fee—

for administration and maintenance costs; and

for costs involved in the establishment of the cemetery or natural burial ground, determined in accordance with the regulations.

On the surrender of an unexercised interment right, that interment right is discharged.

In this section—

human remains are yet to be interred; and

a memorial is yet to be erected.