(1)The Speaker, after consulting the Commissioner and the House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, may agree with the IPSA that the IPSA is to carry out any registration function specified in the agreement (whether relating to a matter arising before or after the agreement is made or the date this Act is passed).
(2)The IPSA is to carry out the registration function accordingly.
(3)“Registration function” means a function—
(a)which is a function of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on the date this Act is passed,
(b)which relates to registration, and
(c)which the IPSA could not carry out under any other provision of this Act.
(4)The Speaker, after consulting the IPSA and the House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, may agree with the Commissioner that the Commissioner is to carry out any relevant function specified in the agreement (whether relating to a matter arising before or after the agreement is made or the date this Act is passed).
(5)The Commissioner is to carry out the relevant function accordingly.
(6)“Relevant function” means a function—
(a)which is a function of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on the date this Act is passed, and
(b)which the Commissioner could not carry out under any other provision of this Act.
(7)The Speaker must lay an agreement under subsection (1) or (4) before the House of Commons.
(8)The agreement does not come into effect until it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.
(9)In this section “the Speaker” means the Speaker of the House of Commons.