(1) The Registrar may, at the written request of the applicant or of his or her agent, amend an application for the registration of a trade mark in accordance with section 48 or 49.
(2) If—
(a) an application for the registration of a trade mark may be amended under section 49; and
(b) the applicant has not asked in writing that the application be amended,
the Registrar may, on his or her own initiative but in accordance with the regulations, amend the application as necessary to remove any ground on which the application could be rejected.