I had my Elecsa assesment recently and brought up this subject with the assesor, in my house the C.U and boiler are in the same cupboard in the kitchen, the gas meter is about 3m away in a seperate cupboard and the incoming water about 6m from C.U under the sink. The assesor was quite happy with the idea of bonding to gas and water at the boiler and confirming continuity to the incoming gas and water, as he said not ideal and not before branches in pipework but it is as close as practibly possible so he would accept it on an assesment, but to note this on any paperwork.