Universities Act, 1997
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 Membership of constituent universities.  |   
 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).  |