(1) On application made in accordance with this section, the District Court may make an order (a "civil order") prohibiting the respondent from doing anything specified in the order if the court is satisfied that -

(a) the respondent has behaved in an anti-social manner,

(b) the order is necessary to prevent the respondent from continuing to behave in that manner, and

(c) having regard to the effect or likely effect of that behaviour on other persons, the order is reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances.

(2) The court may impose terms or conditions in the civil order that the court considers appropriate.

(3) An application for a civil order may only be made by a senior member of the Garda Síochána and shall be made -

(a) on notice to the respondent, and

(b) in the district court district in which the respondent resides at the time.

(4) Before making the application, the senior member of the Garda Síochána must be satisfied that either or both of the following conditions have been met:

(a) the respondent has been issued a behaviour warning and has not complied with one or more of the demands of that warning;