To answer your question on taking a leave from practice, you have two options:1) Request a Leave of Absence from the Register. This can be done via email.
2) Change from Full Registration to Retired Registration. The fee is only $100 per year and the change could be requested by email at this time. However you could wait until registration renewal in the fall. One can still retain the title of Registered Psychologist (Retired) while holding the Retired category of registration, but there is no ability or practice or requirement to maintain Continuing Competence.
With either of the above options, one could request a return to full registration within a 2 year period without having to submit a new application to the NSRP. This request could be completed by email and you would need to pay the appropriate registration fees at the time. I have attached a line to the retirement planning guidelines, this may give you further clarification.
https://www.ns-rp.ca/downloads/NSBEP_guidelines_for_retirement_planning.pdf
