This Act amends section 2 of the Coconut Development Act, No. 46 of 1971 as follows: by the substitution in paragraph (ix), for the words “the Board; and” of the words “the Board;”; and by the insertion immediately after paragraph (ix) of that subsection, of the following new paragraph: “(ixa) appoint a Working Director, in accordance with the provisions of section 2A, who shall not be a member of the Board. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 2 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 2A of that enactment: 2A. The Minister may appoint to any Board established under the provisions of section 2 of this Act, a Working Director from among persons who possess an agriculture degree or any other recognized qualification, and knowledge in the field of coconut development.