This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) (S.I. 1998/562), which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer those benefits and the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001 (the “2001 Order”) (S.I. 2001/2340), which sets out the basis on which local authorities may claim and be paid grants to reimburse the cost of making discretionary housing payments. Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) authorises the making or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates.