diff --git a/angular/shared/form/field-andsvocab.component.ts b/angular/shared/form/field-andsvocab.component.ts
index d3ad0c70f4..e47c3a2296 100644
--- a/angular/shared/form/field-andsvocab.component.ts
+++ b/angular/shared/form/field-andsvocab.component.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,17 @@ export class ANDSVocabField extends FieldBase<any> {
 
   public andsService:ANDSService;
   public vocabId:string;
+  public disableCheckboxRegexEnabled:boolean;
+  public disableCheckboxRegexPattern:string;
+  public disableCheckboxRegexTestValue:string;
 
   constructor(options: any, injector: any) {
     super(options, injector);
     this.value = options['value'] || this.setEmptyValue();
     this.vocabId  = options['vocabId'] || 'anzsrc-for';
+    this.disableCheckboxRegexEnabled = options['disableCheckboxRegexEnabled'] || false;
+    this.disableCheckboxRegexPattern = options['disableCheckboxRegexPattern'] || "";
+    this.disableCheckboxRegexTestValue = options['disableCheckboxRegexTestValue'] || "";
 
     this.andsService = this.getFromInjector(ANDSService);
   }
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ export class ANDSVocabComponent extends SimpleComponent {
         repository: this.field.vocabId,
         endpoint: 'https://vocabs.ardc.edu.au/apps/vocab_widget/proxy/',
         fields:["label", "notation", "about"],
-        cache: false
+        cache: false
       });
       this.field.componentReactors.push(this);
     }
@@ -174,6 +180,9 @@ export class ANDSVocabComponent extends SimpleComponent {
   public onEvent(event) {
     switch(event.eventName) {
       case "select":
+        if(!this.isSelectionValid(event.node)){
+          break;
+        }
         this.field.setSelected(this.getValueFromChildData(event.node), true);
         break;
       case "deselect":
@@ -191,7 +200,11 @@ export class ANDSVocabComponent extends SimpleComponent {
     switch(event.eventName) {
       case "nodeActivate":
         if (currentState == undefined) {
-          currentState = true;
+          if(!this.isSelectionValid(event.node)){
+            currentState = false;
+          } else {
+            currentState = true;
+          }
         } else {
           currentState = false;
         }
@@ -293,6 +306,23 @@ export class ANDSVocabComponent extends SimpleComponent {
     return val;
   }
 
+  public isSelectionValid(childNode: any) {
+    let valid = true;
+    if(this.field.disableCheckboxRegexEnabled) {
+      const data = childNode.data;
+      let nodeId = _.get(data,this.field.disableCheckboxRegexTestValue);
+      let re = new RegExp(this.field.disableCheckboxRegexPattern,'i');
+      if(!_.isUndefined(nodeId)) {
+        let reTest = re.test(nodeId.toString());
+        console.log(nodeId + ' ' + this.field.disableCheckboxRegexTestValue + ' ' + reTest);
+        if(!reTest) {
+          valid = false;
+        } 
+      }
+    }
+    return valid;
+  }
+
   public setParentTree(val:any, childNode: any) {
     const parentNotation = _.get(childNode, 'parent.data.notation');
     if (!_.isUndefined(parentNotation)) {