Amendment to section 256 limits applicability to orders passed before 1st October 1998 under section 254. The amendment substitutes the phrase 'an order under section 254' in section 256(1) with 'an order passed before the 1st day of October, 1998, under section 254,' thereby limiting the scope of section 256 to orders passed before that date; the substitution is effective from the 1st day of October, 1998.