48.—(1) The members of each constituent university shall be—

( a ) the members of its governing authority,

( b ) the members of its academic council,

( c ) its employees,

( d ) its students,

( e ) its graduates, and

( f ) such other persons as its governing authority may appoint to be members.

(2) All students of a constituent college or the Recognised College of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth on whom a degree of the National University of Ireland was conferred as a result of their studies at the college before the commencement of Part III shall be regarded as graduates of the corresponding constituent university for the purposes of subsection (1)(e).