Whereas

• 1 By a Conveyance dated 7 April 1905, and made between Dorothy Syssylt Morgan and Olive Forestier Walker (1) and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) a piece or parcel of land containing one thousand eight hundred and seventeen square yards or thereabouts situate lying and being in the district chapelry of Pontpridd St Catherine in the then county of Glamorgan (now the county of Rhondda Cynon Taff) and now being the site of the former St Matthew’s Church was granted to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England under the authority of the Places of Worship Sites Act 1873.
• 2 The said Church ceased to be used as a place of worship on 6 January 2006.
• 3 The said former Church has ceased for a year to be used for the purpose of a place of worship and under the combined effect of section 1 of the Places of Worship Sites Act 1873 and section 1 of the Reverter of Sites Act 1987 the said land has reverted and become vested in the Representative Body of the Church in Wales on trust to sell the same.

Now take Notice

• 1 The Representative Body of the Church in Wales intends to make an application to the Charity Commissioners for the establishment of a scheme which extinguishes the rights of beneficiaries under the Trust and which requires the Representative Body of the Church in Wales to hold the said property on Trust for such charitable purposes as may be specified in the Order.
• 2 Every beneficiary who wishes to oppose the extinguishment of his or her rights should notify his or her claim in writing to the Representative Body of the Church in Wales of 39 Cathedral Road, in the City of Cardiff CF11 9XF, not later than 28 February 2009.

C T W Anderson

39 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9XF.