(1) Sub-section (2) of Section thirty-one of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act, 1899 (which relates to the method of charging by undertakers), as incorporated with any Act or Order passed or confirmed either before or after the passing of this Act shall cease to have effect, and -where any such Act or Order does not incorporate the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act, 1899, but contains a provision corresponding to the said Subsection, the Act or Order shall have effect as if that provision were omitted therefrom.