47A.—(1) Where—

(a) degrees and qualifications awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland are approved by the National University of Ireland, and

(b) the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is a Recognised College of the National University of Ireland,

those degrees and qualifications shall be degrees and qualifications of the National University of Ireland and shall be so designated.

(2) If at any time the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ceases to be a Recognised College of the National University of Ireland, a degree or qualification referred to in subsection (1) awarded at any time prior to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ceasing to be a Recognised College of the National University of Ireland—

(a) remains a degree or qualification, as the case may be, of the National University of Ireland, and

(b) shall be so designated,

notwithstanding that the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has ceased to be a Recognised College of the National University of Ireland.]