The [35 & 36 Vict. c. 15.] Parks Regulation Act, 1872 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), shall apply to all parks, gardens, recreation grounds, open spaces and other land for the time being vested in, or under the control or management of, the Commissioners of Works, and accordingly in that Act the expression " park" shall include all such parks, gardens, recreation grounds, open spaces and land as aforesaid :
Provided that the provisions of the First Schedule to the principal Act shall not apply to any park to which those provisions did not apply immediately before the commencement of this Act.