6. In regulation 8 of the General Regulations (persons not required to be available for employment) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(3) A person, other than one to whom regulation 10(1)(h) applies, to whom none of the provisions of Schedule 1 applies, shall, for any period when—
(a)he would, were he required to be available for employment, not be treated as so available under regulation 9(1); and
(b)the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income Support is paid, the claimant or a member of his family (if any) will suffer hardship,
not be required to be available for employment.”.