Statistical Office in Łódź belongs to public statistic services subordinated to the Central Statistical Office and acting on the base of:
& law dated 29th June 1995 on public statistic (Journal of Laws No. 88, item. 439 with later amendments),
& instruction No. 5 of the President of the CSO dated 20th November 1998 on detailed scale of duties and organization of SO in Łódź (CSO Office Journal No. 16, item 107 /1998 with later amendments),
& law dated 18th December 1998 on civil service (Journal of Laws 1999 No. 49, item 483 with later amendments),
& Organization Statute of Office introduced by the instruction No. 2 of Director of the SO in Łódź dated 10th April 2003 with later amendments.
According to above documents main duties of the SO in Łódź include: