diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
index a78b3e1..3d8824a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/FixedPoint.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/IAccessWindow.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG((input->data_type() == DataType::QASYMM8) && (act_info.activation() != ActivationLayerInfo::ActivationFunction::LU_BOUNDED_RELU)
                                     && (act_info.activation() != ActivationLayerInfo::ActivationFunction::BOUNDED_RELU)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp
index c4904ec..b0177ab 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.h"
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 
 using namespace arm_compute;
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo &input1, const ITensorInfo &input2, const ITensorInfo &output, ConvertPolicy policy)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(policy);
-
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(&input1);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(&input1, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(&input2);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(&input2, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
 
     const TensorShape out_shape = TensorShape::broadcast_shape(input1.tensor_shape(), input2.tensor_shape());
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
     // Validate in case of configured output
     if(output.total_size() > 0)
     {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(&output);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(&output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG((output.data_type() == DataType::U8) && ((input1.data_type() != DataType::U8) || (input2.data_type() != DataType::U8)),
                                         "Output can only be U8 if both inputs are U8");
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp
index 8308aa0..db91bc0 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/IAccessWindow.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include <set>
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input1, const ITensorInfo *input2, const ITensorInfo *output, ConvertPolicy policy)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(policy);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input1);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input1, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input2);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input2, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input1, input2);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(input1, input2);
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@
     // Validate in case of configured output
     if((output != nullptr) && (output->total_size() != 0))
     {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(output);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(output->data_type() == DataType::U8 && (input1->data_type() != DataType::U8 || input2->data_type() != DataType::U8),
                                         "Output can only be U8 if both inputs are U8");
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index 293361b..d37aa8e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/FixedPoint.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include "support/ToolchainSupport.h"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
                           float epsilon, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(epsilon);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(mean, var);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, mean, var);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp
index a667119..1de9872 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 namespace arm_compute
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, unsigned int num_groups)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8,
                                                          DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::QS16,
                                                          DataType::U32, DataType::S32,
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
index 91c0430..e15da72 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 
 #include <cmath>
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, std::pair<unsigned int, unsigned int> convolved_dims)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
 
     // Checks performed when output is configured
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp
index 1b211b0..c3cd494 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 Status CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const TensorShape &original_input_shape,
                                                       DataLayout data_layout)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::QS16, DataType::U32, DataType::S32,
                                                          DataType::QS32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
index 9b30c64..204f9ae 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/IAccessWindow.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include "support/ToolchainSupport.h"
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         { 8, { "ulong", 2 } },
     };
 
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT_POSITION(input, output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp
index e4ad97f..ca18957 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *weights, const ITensorInfo *biases, const ITensorInfo *output, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier,
                           const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(act_info.enabled() && ((input->data_type() != DataType::QASYMM8) || ((act_info.activation() != ActivationLayerInfo::ActivationFunction::LU_BOUNDED_RELU)
                                                                                                          && (act_info.activation() != ActivationLayerInfo::ActivationFunction::BOUNDED_RELU)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseIm2ColKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseIm2ColKernel.cpp
index f44f08b..41ff220 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseIm2ColKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseIm2ColKernel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const Size2D &kernel_dims, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, bool has_bias, unsigned int depth_multiplier)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(conv_info);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(input, output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseVectorToTensorKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseVectorToTensorKernel.cpp
index 26336eb..0d158f1 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseVectorToTensorKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseVectorToTensorKernel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, size_t conv_w, size_t conv_h)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
 
     if(output->total_size() != 0)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
index b5a607d..59c45ad 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const ITensorInfo *biases)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(input, output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp
index e1fa650..d2794d7 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/ITensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/quantization/AsymmHelpers.h"
 #include "support/ToolchainSupport.h"
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *weights, const ITensorInfo *biases, const ITensorInfo *output, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, weights);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(weights->dimension(0) != weights->dimension(1),
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp
index f23ecf3..1a6dc14 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerOutputStageKernel.h"
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include <cstddef>
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::S32, DataType::F16,
                                                          DataType::F32);
 
     if(bias != nullptr)
     {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(bias);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(bias, 1, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
 
         if(is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(input->data_type()))
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMInterleave4x4Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMInterleave4x4Kernel.cpp
index 8f669a9..ba475f5 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMInterleave4x4Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMInterleave4x4Kernel.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, int mult_interleave4x4_height)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(mult_interleave4x4_height < 1);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::U8, DataType::S8,
                                                          DataType::QS16, DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::U32, DataType::S32,
                                                          DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp
index d409fdb..81e455f 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 
 using namespace arm_compute;
 
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *accum, const ITensorInfo *biases)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(accum);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(accum, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(biases, accum);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(biases, accum);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAdditionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAdditionKernel.cpp
index 4538812..e6a1baf 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAdditionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAdditionKernel.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/FixedPoint.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 using namespace arm_compute;
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(input, output, beta);
 
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
index cc9ae27..7a9760b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowTranspose.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 inline Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input0, const ITensorInfo *input1, const ITensorInfo *output, bool is_interleaved_transposed, const GEMMReshapeInfo &reshape_info)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input0);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input0, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input0, input1);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(input0, input1);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
index b2ea95b..1d6f388 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input0, const ITensorInfo *input1, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input0);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input0, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input0, input1);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(input0, input1, output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMTranspose1xWKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMTranspose1xWKernel.cpp
index 05a20fd..7a8a1e5 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMTranspose1xWKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMTranspose1xWKernel.cpp
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowTranspose.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, int mult_transpose1xW_width)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(mult_transpose1xW_width < 1);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::U8, DataType::S8,
                                                          DataType::QS16, DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::U32, DataType::S32,
                                                          DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
index d04c1dc..378456c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Size2D.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "support/ToolchainSupport.h"
 
 #include <cmath>
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, bool has_bias, const Size2D &dilation)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(input->data_type() == DataType::QASYMM8 && has_bias);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
index 84f2e0c..1a7d95c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include <set>
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input0, const ITensorInfo *input1, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input0);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input0, 1, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input1, 1, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index df2104a..5456876 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/FixedPoint.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 using namespace arm_compute;
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, NormalizationLayerInfo norm_info)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(output);
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp
index d20bee1..168ab81 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const PermutationVector &perm)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8,
                                                          DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::QS16,
                                                          DataType::U32, DataType::S32,
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
index f30ba61..a9df36d 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include <cmath>
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(overflow_policy);
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(rounding_policy);
 
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input1);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input1, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input2);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input2, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(scale < 0, "Scale cannot be negative.");
 
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@
     // Validate in case of configured output
     if(output->total_size() > 0)
     {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(output);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(output->data_type() == DataType::U8 && (input1->data_type() != DataType::U8 || input2->data_type() != DataType::U8),
                                         "Output can only be U8 if both inputs are U8");
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
index 02fa283..3091df4 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     DataLayout data_layout = input->data_layout();
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     switch(data_layout)
     {
         case DataLayout::NCHW:
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
index a07a424..51873ff 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLArray.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include <cmath>
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 void CLROIPoolingLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLROIArray *rois, ICLTensor *output, const ROIPoolingLayerInfo &pool_info)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, rois, output);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((pool_info.pooled_width() == 0) || (pool_info.pooled_height() == 0));
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(rois->num_values() == 0);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp
index 95f980f..15897c9 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/IAccessWindow.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include <string>
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 void CLReshapeLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8,
                                                   DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::QS16,
                                                   DataType::U32, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp
index 9b8a582..10be140 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 void CLScaleKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, InterpolationPolicy policy, bool border_undefined, SamplingPolicy sampling_policy)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp
index 447d6ee..6a18e5f 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/quantization/AsymmHelpers.h"
 
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 
 Status validate_arguments_1DMaxShiftExpSum(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *max, const ITensorInfo *output, const ITensorInfo *sum)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(max, sum, output);
 
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
 
 Status validate_arguments_1DNorm(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *sum, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(sum, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, sum);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp
index c295cad..8260606 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
 
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8,
                                                          DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::QS16,
                                                          DataType::U32, DataType::S32,
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
index f5eaa5a..c0a4517 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 
 using namespace arm_compute;
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *biases, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
 
     if(biases != nullptr)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
index b8bce38..56d6ec8 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/OpenCL.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/IAccessWindow.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, unsigned int width_offset, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S8, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::U32,
                                                          DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);