diff --git a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
index 3a250a6..909df75 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
@@ -5,26 +5,48 @@
 
 #include "RefLayerSupport.hpp"
 
-#include <LayerSupportCommon.hpp>
-
-#include <armnn/Descriptors.hpp>
+#include <armnn/InternalTypes.hpp>
+#include <armnn/LayerSupportCommon.hpp>
 #include <armnn/Types.hpp>
-#include <armnn/Tensor.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>
-#include "InternalTypes.hpp"
 
 using namespace boost;
 
 namespace armnn
 {
 
+namespace
+{
+
+template<typename Float32Func, typename Uint8Func, typename ... Params>
+bool IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported,
+                               DataType dataType,
+                               Float32Func floatFuncPtr,
+                               Uint8Func uint8FuncPtr,
+                               Params&&... params)
+{
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                         dataType,
+                                         &FalseFunc<Params...>,
+                                         floatFuncPtr,
+                                         uint8FuncPtr,
+                                         std::forward<Params>(params)...);
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsActivationSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
                                             const TensorInfo& output,
                                             const ActivationDescriptor& descriptor,
                                             Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsActivationSupportedRef(input, output, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsAdditionSupported(const TensorInfo& input0,
@@ -32,7 +54,12 @@
                                           const TensorInfo& output,
                                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsAdditionSupportedRef(input0, input1, output, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(input1);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input0.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsBatchNormalizationSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
@@ -44,34 +71,57 @@
                                                     const BatchNormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
                                                     Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsBatchNormalizationSupportedRef(input,
-                                                   output,
-                                                   mean,
-                                                   var,
-                                                   beta,
-                                                   gamma,
-                                                   descriptor,
-                                                   reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(mean);
+    ignore_unused(var);
+    ignore_unused(beta);
+    ignore_unused(gamma);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsConstantSupported(const TensorInfo& output,
                                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsConstantSupportedRef(output, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     output.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsConvertFp16ToFp32Supported(const TensorInfo& input,
                                                    const TensorInfo& output,
                                                    Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsConvertFp16ToFp32SupportedRef(input, output, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    return (IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                          input.GetDataType(),
+                                          &TrueFunc<>,
+                                          &FalseInputFuncF32<>,
+                                          &FalseFuncU8<>) &&
+            IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                          output.GetDataType(),
+                                          &FalseOutputFuncF16<>,
+                                          &TrueFunc<>,
+                                          &FalseFuncU8<>));
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsConvertFp32ToFp16Supported(const TensorInfo& input,
                                                    const TensorInfo& output,
                                                    Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsConvertFp32ToFp16SupportedRef(input, output, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    return (IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                          input.GetDataType(),
+                                          &FalseInputFuncF16<>,
+                                          &TrueFunc<>,
+                                          &FalseFuncU8<>) &&
+            IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                          output.GetDataType(),
+                                          &TrueFunc<>,
+                                          &FalseOutputFuncF32<>,
+                                          &FalseFuncU8<>));
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsConvolution2dSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
@@ -81,12 +131,14 @@
                                                const Optional<TensorInfo>& biases,
                                                Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsConvolution2dSupportedRef(input,
-                                              output,
-                                              descriptor,
-                                              weights,
-                                              biases,
-                                              reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    ignore_unused(weights);
+    ignore_unused(biases);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsDepthwiseConvolutionSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
@@ -96,12 +148,14 @@
                                                       const Optional<TensorInfo>& biases,
                                                       Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsDepthwiseConvolutionSupportedRef(input,
-                                                     output,
-                                                     descriptor,
-                                                     weights,
-                                                     biases,
-                                                     reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    ignore_unused(weights);
+    ignore_unused(biases);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsDivisionSupported(const TensorInfo& input0,
@@ -109,21 +163,34 @@
                                           const TensorInfo& output,
                                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsDivisionSupportedRef(input0, input1, output, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(input1);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input0.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsFakeQuantizationSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
                                                   const FakeQuantizationDescriptor& descriptor,
                                                   Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsFakeQuantizationSupportedRef(input, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsFloorSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
                                        const TensorInfo& output,
                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsFloorSupportedRef(input, output, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsFullyConnectedSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
@@ -133,18 +200,23 @@
                                                 const FullyConnectedDescriptor& descriptor,
                                                 Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsFullyConnectedSupportedRef(input,
-                                               output,
-                                               weights,
-                                               biases,
-                                               descriptor,
-                                               reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(weights);
+    ignore_unused(biases);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsInputSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsInputSupportedRef(input, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsL2NormalizationSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
@@ -152,7 +224,12 @@
                                                  const L2NormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
                                                  Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsL2NormalizationSupportedRef(input, output, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
 }
 
 bool RefLayerSupport::IsLstmSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
@@ -182,463 +259,6 @@
                                       const TensorInfo* cellToOutputWeights,
                                       Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
-    return armnn::IsLstmSupportedRef(input,
-                                     outputStateIn,
-                                     cellStateIn,
-                                     scratchBuffer,
-                                     outputStateOut,
-                                     cellStateOut,
-                                     output,
-                                     descriptor,
-                                     inputToForgetWeights,
-                                     inputToCellWeights,
-                                     inputToOutputWeights,
-                                     recurrentToForgetWeights,
-                                     recurrentToCellWeights,
-                                     recurrentToOutputWeights,
-                                     forgetGateBias,
-                                     cellBias,
-                                     outputGateBias,
-                                     inputToInputWeights,
-                                     recurrentToInputWeights,
-                                     cellToInputWeights,
-                                     inputGateBias,
-                                     projectionWeights,
-                                     projectionBias,
-                                     cellToForgetWeights,
-                                     cellToOutputWeights,
-                                     reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsMeanSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                      const TensorInfo& output,
-                                      const MeanDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                      Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsMeanSupportedRef(input, output, descriptor,reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsMergerSupported(const std::vector<const TensorInfo*> inputs,
-                                        const OriginsDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsMergerSupportedRef(inputs, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsMultiplicationSupported(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                                                const TensorInfo& input1,
-                                                const TensorInfo& output,
-                                                Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsMultiplicationSupportedRef(input0, input1, output, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsNormalizationSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                               const TensorInfo& output,
-                                               const NormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                               Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsNormalizationSupportedRef(input,
-                                              output,
-                                              descriptor,
-                                              reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsOutputSupported(const TensorInfo& output,
-                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsOutputSupportedRef(output, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsPadSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                     const TensorInfo& output,
-                                     const PadDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                     Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsPadSupportedRef(input, output, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsPermuteSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                         const TensorInfo& output,
-                                         const PermuteDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsPermuteSupportedRef(input, output, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsPooling2dSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                           const TensorInfo& output,
-                                           const Pooling2dDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsPooling2dSupportedRef(input, output, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsReshapeSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsReshapeSupportedRef(input, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsResizeBilinearSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                                Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsResizeBilinearSupportedRef(input, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsSoftmaxSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                         const TensorInfo& output,
-                                         const SoftmaxDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsSoftmaxSupportedRef(input, output, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsSplitterSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                          const ViewsDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                          Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsSplitterSupportedRef(input, descriptor, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-bool RefLayerSupport::IsSubtractionSupported(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                                             const TensorInfo& input1,
-                                             const TensorInfo& output,
-                                             Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
-{
-    return armnn::IsSubtractionSupportedRef(input0, input1, output, reasonIfUnsupported);
-}
-
-//
-// Implementation functions
-//
-// TODO: Functions kept for backward compatibility. Remove once transition to plugable backends is complete!
-
-template<typename Float32Func, typename Uint8Func, typename ... Params>
-bool IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported,
-                               DataType dataType,
-                               Float32Func floatFuncPtr,
-                               Uint8Func uint8FuncPtr,
-                               Params&&... params)
-{
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                         dataType,
-                                         &FalseFunc<Params...>,
-                                         floatFuncPtr,
-                                         uint8FuncPtr,
-                                         std::forward<Params>(params)...);
-}
-
-bool IsActivationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                              const TensorInfo& output,
-                              const ActivationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                              Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsAdditionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                            const TensorInfo& input1,
-                            const TensorInfo& output,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(input1);
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input0.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsBatchNormalizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                      const TensorInfo& output,
-                                      const TensorInfo& mean,
-                                      const TensorInfo& var,
-                                      const TensorInfo& beta,
-                                      const TensorInfo& gamma,
-                                      const BatchNormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                      Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsConstantSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& output,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     output.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsConvolution2dSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                 const TensorInfo& output,
-                                 const Convolution2dDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                 const TensorInfo& weights,
-                                 const Optional<TensorInfo>& biases,
-                                 Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    ignore_unused(weights);
-    ignore_unused(biases);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsDepthwiseConvolutionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                        const TensorInfo& output,
-                                        const DepthwiseConvolution2dDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                        const TensorInfo& weights,
-                                        const Optional<TensorInfo>& biases,
-                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    ignore_unused(weights);
-    ignore_unused(biases);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsDivisionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                            const TensorInfo& input1,
-                            const TensorInfo& output,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(input1);
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input0.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsSubtractionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                               const TensorInfo& input1,
-                               const TensorInfo& output,
-                               Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(input1);
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input0.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsFullyConnectedSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                  const TensorInfo& output,
-                                  const TensorInfo& weights,
-                                  const TensorInfo& biases,
-                                  const FullyConnectedDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                  Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    ignore_unused(weights);
-    ignore_unused(biases);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsInputSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsL2NormalizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                   const TensorInfo& output,
-                                   const L2NormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                   Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
-}
-
-bool IsMergerSupportedRef(const std::vector<const TensorInfo*> inputs,
-                          const OriginsDescriptor& descriptor,
-                          Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     inputs[0]->GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsMultiplicationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                                  const TensorInfo& input1,
-                                  const TensorInfo& output,
-                                  Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(input1);
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input0.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsNormalizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                 const TensorInfo& output,
-                                 const NormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                 Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
-}
-
-bool IsOutputSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& output,
-                          Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     output.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsPermuteSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                           const TensorInfo& output,
-                           const PermuteDescriptor& descriptor,
-                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsPooling2dSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                             const TensorInfo& output,
-                             const Pooling2dDescriptor& descriptor,
-                             Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsResizeBilinearSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                  Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsSoftmaxSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                           const TensorInfo& output,
-                           const SoftmaxDescriptor& descriptor,
-                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsSplitterSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                            const ViewsDescriptor& descriptor,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsFakeQuantizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                    const FakeQuantizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                    Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(descriptor);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
-}
-
-bool IsReshapeSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &TrueFunc<>);
-}
-
-bool IsFloorSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                         const TensorInfo& output,
-                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    ignore_unused(output);
-    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                     input.GetDataType(),
-                                     &TrueFunc<>,
-                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
-}
-
-bool IsLstmSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                        const TensorInfo& outputStateIn,
-                        const TensorInfo& cellStateIn,
-                        const TensorInfo& scratchBuffer,
-                        const TensorInfo& outputStateOut,
-                        const TensorInfo& cellStateOut,
-                        const TensorInfo& output,
-                        const LstmDescriptor& descriptor,
-                        const TensorInfo& inputToForgetWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& inputToCellWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& inputToOutputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& recurrentToForgetWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& recurrentToCellWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& recurrentToOutputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& forgetGateBias,
-                        const TensorInfo& cellBias,
-                        const TensorInfo& outputGateBias,
-                        const TensorInfo* inputToInputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* recurrentToInputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* cellToInputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* inputGateBias,
-                        const TensorInfo* projectionWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* projectionBias,
-                        const TensorInfo* cellToForgetWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* cellToOutputWeights,
-                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
     ignore_unused(input);
     ignore_unused(outputStateIn);
     ignore_unused(cellStateIn);
@@ -668,42 +288,10 @@
     return false;
 }
 
-bool IsConvertFp16ToFp32SupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                     const TensorInfo& output,
-                                     Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    return (IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                          input.GetDataType(),
-                                          &TrueFunc<>,
-                                          &FalseInputFuncF32<>,
-                                          &FalseFuncU8<>) &&
-            IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                          output.GetDataType(),
-                                          &FalseOutputFuncF16<>,
-                                          &TrueFunc<>,
-                                          &FalseFuncU8<>));
-}
-
-bool IsConvertFp32ToFp16SupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                     const TensorInfo& output,
-                                     Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
-{
-    return (IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                          input.GetDataType(),
-                                          &FalseInputFuncF16<>,
-                                          &TrueFunc<>,
-                                          &FalseFuncU8<>) &&
-            IsSupportedForDataTypeGeneric(reasonIfUnsupported,
-                                          output.GetDataType(),
-                                          &TrueFunc<>,
-                                          &FalseOutputFuncF32<>,
-                                          &FalseFuncU8<>));
-}
-
-bool IsMeanSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                        const TensorInfo& output,
-                        const MeanDescriptor& descriptor,
-                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsMeanSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                      const TensorInfo& output,
+                                      const MeanDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                      Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
     ignore_unused(output);
     ignore_unused(descriptor);
@@ -713,14 +301,143 @@
                                      &TrueFunc<>);
 }
 
-bool IsPadSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                       const TensorInfo& output,
-                       const PadDescriptor& descriptor,
-                       Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported)
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsMergerSupported(const std::vector<const TensorInfo*> inputs,
+                                        const OriginsDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     inputs[0]->GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsMultiplicationSupported(const TensorInfo& input0,
+                                                const TensorInfo& input1,
+                                                const TensorInfo& output,
+                                                Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(input1);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input0.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsNormalizationSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                               const TensorInfo& output,
+                                               const NormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                               Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
 {
     ignore_unused(output);
     ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &FalseFuncU8<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsOutputSupported(const TensorInfo& output,
+                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     output.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsPadSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                     const TensorInfo& output,
+                                     const PadDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                     Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(input);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    ignore_unused(reasonIfUnsupported);
     return false;
 }
 
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsPermuteSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                         const TensorInfo& output,
+                                         const PermuteDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsPooling2dSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                           const TensorInfo& output,
+                                           const Pooling2dDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsReshapeSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsResizeBilinearSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                                Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsSoftmaxSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                         const TensorInfo& output,
+                                         const SoftmaxDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsSplitterSupported(const TensorInfo& input,
+                                          const ViewsDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                          Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(descriptor);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
+bool RefLayerSupport::IsSubtractionSupported(const TensorInfo& input0,
+                                             const TensorInfo& input1,
+                                             const TensorInfo& output,
+                                             Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported) const
+{
+    ignore_unused(input1);
+    ignore_unused(output);
+    return IsSupportedForDataTypeRef(reasonIfUnsupported,
+                                     input0.GetDataType(),
+                                     &TrueFunc<>,
+                                     &TrueFunc<>);
+}
+
 } // namespace armnn
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.hpp b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.hpp
index 40bca7f..0da5998 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.hpp
@@ -169,160 +169,4 @@
                                 Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional()) const override;
 };
 
-bool IsActivationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                              const TensorInfo& output,
-                              const ActivationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                              Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsAdditionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                            const TensorInfo& input1,
-                            const TensorInfo& output,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsBatchNormalizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                      const TensorInfo& output,
-                                      const TensorInfo& mean,
-                                      const TensorInfo& var,
-                                      const TensorInfo& beta,
-                                      const TensorInfo& gamma,
-                                      const BatchNormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                      Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsConstantSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& output,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsConvolution2dSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                 const TensorInfo& output,
-                                 const Convolution2dDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                 const TensorInfo& weights,
-                                 const Optional<TensorInfo>& biases,
-                                 Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsDepthwiseConvolutionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                        const TensorInfo& output,
-                                        const DepthwiseConvolution2dDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                        const TensorInfo& weights,
-                                        const Optional<TensorInfo>& biases,
-                                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsDivisionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                            const TensorInfo& input1,
-                            const TensorInfo& output,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsSubtractionSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                               const TensorInfo& input1,
-                               const TensorInfo& output,
-                               Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsFullyConnectedSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                  const TensorInfo& output,
-                                  const TensorInfo& weights,
-                                  const TensorInfo& biases,
-                                  const FullyConnectedDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                  Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsInputSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsL2NormalizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                   const TensorInfo& output,
-                                   const L2NormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                   Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsLstmSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                        const TensorInfo& outputStateIn,
-                        const TensorInfo& cellStateIn,
-                        const TensorInfo& scratchBuffer,
-                        const TensorInfo& outputStateOut,
-                        const TensorInfo& cellStateOut,
-                        const TensorInfo& output,
-                        const LstmDescriptor& descriptor,
-                        const TensorInfo& inputToForgetWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& inputToCellWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& inputToOutputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& recurrentToForgetWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& recurrentToCellWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& recurrentToOutputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo& forgetGateBias,
-                        const TensorInfo& cellBias,
-                        const TensorInfo& outputGateBias,
-                        const TensorInfo* inputToInputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* recurrentToInputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* cellToInputWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* inputGateBias,
-                        const TensorInfo* projectionWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* projectionBias,
-                        const TensorInfo* cellToForgetWeights,
-                        const TensorInfo* cellToOutputWeights,
-                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsMergerSupportedRef(const std::vector<const TensorInfo*> inputs,
-                          const OriginsDescriptor& descriptor,
-                          Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsMultiplicationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input0,
-                                  const TensorInfo& input1,
-                                  const TensorInfo& output,
-                                  Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsNormalizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                 const TensorInfo& output,
-                                 const NormalizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                 Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsOutputSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& output,
-                          Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsPermuteSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                           const TensorInfo& output,
-                           const PermuteDescriptor& descriptor,
-                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsPooling2dSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                             const TensorInfo& output,
-                             const Pooling2dDescriptor& descriptor,
-                             Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsResizeBilinearSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                  Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsSoftmaxSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                           const TensorInfo& output,
-                           const SoftmaxDescriptor& descriptor,
-                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsSplitterSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                            const ViewsDescriptor& descriptor,
-                            Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsFakeQuantizationSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                    const FakeQuantizationDescriptor& descriptor,
-                                    Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsReshapeSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                           Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsFloorSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                         const TensorInfo& output,
-                         Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsConvertFp16ToFp32SupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                     const TensorInfo& output,
-                                     Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsConvertFp32ToFp16SupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                                     const TensorInfo& output,
-                                     Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsMeanSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                        const TensorInfo& output,
-                        const MeanDescriptor& descriptor,
-                        Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-bool IsPadSupportedRef(const TensorInfo& input,
-                       const TensorInfo& output,
-                       const PadDescriptor& descriptor,
-                       Optional<std::string&> reasonIfUnsupported = EmptyOptional());
-
-}
+} // namespace armnn